USA’s Russell and Brazil’s Dos Santos smash world records on ‘crazy’ night in Zurich
Summary
At a track and field event in Zurich, athletes Masai Russell from the USA and Alison Dos Santos from Brazil broke world records in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles respectively. In addition, Mondo Duplantis won the pole vault with a rare competition where two athletes cleared heights above 6.20 meters, and other races featured top performances close to historic records.Key Facts
- Alison Dos Santos ran the 400m hurdles in 45.80 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 45.94 seconds.
- Masai Russell won the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.09 seconds, setting a new world record.
- Both Russell and Dos Santos received $80,000 each for breaking their records.
- Mondo Duplantis won the men’s pole vault by clearing 6.25 meters; his Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis jumped a personal best of 6.20 meters.
- Duplantis and Karalis both attempted a world record height of 6.32 meters but did not succeed.
- Switzerland’s Audrey Werro ran the women’s 800m in 1:53.70, the third fastest time ever recorded for that event.
- Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi won the men’s 800m race with a time of 1:41.76, a strong season best though short of the world record.
- The event took place before a full crowd of 25,000 spectators in good weather conditions at Zurich’s Letzigrund Stadium.
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