Karsten Warholm, Alison dos Santos and Rai Benjamin in Monaco (© Chiara Montesano / Diamond League AG)
The three fastest men’s 400m hurdlers in history will clash twice within three days when they compete at the Wanda Diamond League meetings in Oslo and Stockholm next month.
First, the trio of Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Alison dos Santos will race over 300m hurdles at the Oslo Bislett Games on 12 June. They will then resume their rivalry in the 400m hurdles on 15 June, when they compete at the BAUHAUS-Galan in Stockholm.
USA’s Benjamin is the Olympic champion, Norway’s Warholm the world record-holder and three-time world champion, and Brazil’s Dos Santos the 2022 world champion.
Warholm set the world record of 45.94 when getting Olympic gold in Tokyo, while Benjamin is No.2 all time with his 46.17 from that same race. Dos Santos clocked 46.29 to win his world title in Oregon and between them the three athletes own the 18 fastest performances of all time.
“It will be a fantastic weekend with 300m hurdles in Oslo on Thursday and then 400m hurdles in Stockholm on Sunday, both with the three fastest of all time,” said Benjamin.
“This is the first time I will compete in these two historic competitions, which makes it even more interesting. What more could you want?”
The Oslo meeting will see the trio clash in the 300m hurdles for the first time and Warholm is fresh from setting a world best of 33.05 for the discipline at the Diamond League season opener in Xiamen last month.
“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “It’s extra exciting and fun when the best compete in the same race.”
