Carsten Warholm was voted Men’s World Athlete of the Year. More sports news – Times of India

London: Norwegian Carsten Warholm male crowned world athlete of the year Wednesday on the back of her astonishing season in the 400m hurdles, twice breaking world records and winning an Olympic gold medal in one of the greatest races of all time.
Warholm would have spent an impressive year just after his first race, when he eventually broke American Kevin Young’s 1992 world record of 46.78 seconds with a run of 46.70 on home soil in Oslo.

That time was wiped out in the Olympic final in Tokyo, however, when he clocked an astonishing 45.94. American Rai Benjamin finished second with 46.17, better than the previous world record.
Presenting the award at a virtual ceremony in Monaco, world athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “We were taken aback by your running.”
Warholm, 25, said: “I’m very happy for it. When I first saw the timing I thought it would be a mistake. It was a very intense race, I always train hard and never know when my What’s going on behind
“When I realized the time I thought ‘I’ll take it’.”