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The Olympics have not yet closed their eyes, but Karsten Warholm by breaking the wall of 46 seconds (45''94) has joined some of the legends who have stunned the Olympics.
The American Bob Beamon had, in 1968, made a leap into the unknown (8.90 m long).
Pulverizing the world record of 55 cm, he had caught the officials by surprise, who did not have adequate measuring instruments.
Dick Fosbury had turned the world of athletics upside down by jumping his head upside down (2.24 m, gold medalist in 1968).
Michael Johnson, "the man with the golden shoes", had, the right bust, dusted off the 200 m (19''32 during the Atlanta Olympics in 1996).
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The astonishing performance signed Tuesday by Karsten Warholm sits next to these legendary brands.
The Norwegian sums up his crazy race, throwing his foot to the bottom of the accelerator pedal and never raised:
“I wanted to put them under pressure.
I think I took them where they didn't want to go, and I
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