Athletics-Brazil's Dos Santos races to world record in 400m hurdles in Zurich

Athletics-Brazil's Dos Santos races to world record in 400m hurdles in Zurich

​Brazil's Alison ‌dos Santos ​shattered the world ‌record in the men's 400 metres hurdles ‌at the Zurich Diamond ‌League on Thursday.

Dos Santos pulled away ⁠from ​the ⁠field over the final ⁠100 metres to cross ​in 45.80 seconds, breaking ⁠the previous mark ⁠of ​45.94 seconds, set by Karsten ⁠Warholm of Norway at ⁠the ⁠2021 Tokyo Olympics.

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