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Track world record smashed as IOC probes Belarus over sprinter

Sports · 6:51 AM UTC

The Olympics governing body was probing Belarus's treatment of an athlete seeking refuge while Norway's Karsten Warholm demolished a world record on the track and Simone Biles was set for a highly anticipated return to the gymnastics stage.

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Olympics · 6:58 AM UTCAthletics-Warholm destroys world record to win 400m hurdles gold

A world record had been predicted but Norway's Karsten Warholm had to utterly destroy it to hold off American Rai Benjamin and take gold on Tuesday in the men's 400 metres hurdles, in what will go down as one of the all-time great Olympic races.

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