Cool to hear the admiration for Warholm from Young, no grudge or resentment from losing his record but just appreciation for hurdling greatness like his own.
Young held the record for 25 years. He wants to pass the baton to the next generation. If records can't be broken then top athletes will pick a different discipline where they have a shot at breaking the record.
it amazes me how an athlete so passionate about his sport don't get upset when his record is broken but interested on where the new generation will take the limit
I ran 800m and 110 hurdles and they are the 2 hardest events I've ran in track. I'm usually a distance guy, but I did hurdles for fun and I'm more tired from the 110 hurdles than the 800m even when I give my all.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI The probem is the IOC does allow certain substances. Performance enhancing drugs are a range of products not one or the other, so you can't really be either 100% natural or juiced up. As a result there are always some athletes or camps trying to push the limits/standards set by the committee which will always lead to some dispute over what is and what isn't allowed. In this day and age, nobody is perfectly natural because that simply cannot make you competitive enough.
The fact that Young's record lasted so long is truly incredible! Also, to the reply guys: Flo Jo's autopsy showed no signs of long term PED use. And I've never heard anything about Young using PEDs, either. Interesting how no one has ever speculated that Warholm is using PEDs...
I would sit here, with my beer belly and salsa chips, and declaring to the tellie, "Yes, yes. With enough practice, I too can do this." Thank you Vox of disabusing me of that notion.
So does it still count or is it unrelated? Like does it have to be the Olympics were you break the record or can some 17 year old in Oklahoma have a phenomenal run and break it during a high-school track meet?
@@oic3237 haha ok, I didn’t know the 400 m hurdles were significantly lower than the 110 m hurdles. Then I’m actually more than double their height myself😂
by getting a patern in your jumping like the video explains, you already time them automaticly. at the point these people get to the olympics, i bet they barely think about it. it has been practiced so many times that you do it automaticly.
The last 100m is a killer I always hated running this event, I'm a great 400m runner, but the 400mh is so technical. Getting over the hurdle isnt even the difficult part, it's the stepping like they explained in the video.
The stride pattern reminds me of backstroke count in swimming at the flags you need a count to the wall for the turn and if you mis count it can mess up your whole race.
If we could just take a moment to highlight Edwin Moses. Between 1977 and 1987 he won 122 consecutive 400m hurdles races in a ROW, and set the world record 4 times. There's a reason that Young refers to him as "the Master Edwin Moses" here.
Kevin Young you make me proud. I cannot even begin to imagine what's it like to run such a hard race with so much pressure hat off to you ns to all Olympic athletes they are great.
As a sprint hurdler. I applaud people who runs the 400mh. At first people used to alternate legs. I stuck to the sprint hurdles as I couldn’t alternate. But these folks are killing it now. A 400m is hard enough and then you throw in hurdles. Madness!
Been there, done that. 😂 I only ran it a few times, but it's honestly kind of nice to know that I'm not the only one who would get physically ill afterwards.
@@linkinlinkinlinkin654 The Olympics has nothing to do with it. Athletics will not begin for another 3 days and none of the relevant races they would've used (apart from Young's) were run at any Olympics.
There's absolutely no shame in holding a world record for almost 30 years until the next generation comes along and smashes it on a track thats more modern. Nobody needs to be ashamed.
And now Warholm has made a bigger mark on history again!!! You need to give the guy props if the bronze medal athelete reached so close to the WR himself!!! Now cos of this video we know... That it wasn't easy 🙌🏾🔥
I adore Karsten Warholm with all my heart, been following the absolute legend for many years now, I managed to hold it together to watch his actual race but then hearing him interview after and say "I know everyone says don't let sport define you but this is all I am and all I do, it's so important to me" broke me, I get it and I'm happy for you if you have other joys outside of sports but for some of us it is all we think about, do, and pass on to others all day long and there's nothing wrong with that 💪💕
It is hurt so much when succeed in breaking WR and OR but end up in 2nd place. Hope rai benjamin stay focus for next olympic and get his gold medal like warholm.. best race ever.
Just shows you how good Ed Moses was. His WR of 47.02 stood for nearly 9 years until Kevin Young broke it in a time of 46.78. Never thought anyone would ever get near it, so well done to Warholm Karsten. Unbelievable time.
That was fascinating! I always thought hurdle races seemed extremely tough and super technical, but I didn't know that it was so specific that athletes are counting their strides. More Olympics videos would be awesome! I'd love to learn about Cricket and Rugby.
Not because the parents are athletes means the child would be one ... What if the child loses a leg or has some sickness or is naturally smart anything can happen to the child and not guaranteed to live a life just like his/her parents
Remember that epic 1987 World Championship final with Harold Schmidt, Danny Harris and Edwin Moses. Golden age. Then the following year Andre Phillips won gold.
I used to run it and I'll tell you why it's so hard: you're busting a gut running an already incredibly difficult event, the 400m and then you have a bunch of hurdles in your way! It requires pace, endurance and rhythm, which is a rare combination. I had an absolute love/hate relationship with the event. Man it's difficult.
In the 2020 Olympics Final, the 3 podium finishers beat the pre-Warholm record. Warholm himself managed to improve it and be the first man to ever race it under 46s.
And in the 2021 Olympic final, few weeks after this video, all those who took the podium achieved the record that Young made reigning for almost three decades. The game evolved.
Fascinating! A lot of these Olympic sports are mysteries to laypeople like myself because we can't comprehend how difficult they are. I'd love to learn more about others.
I did the 300m hurdles in high school and let me tell you. It is hard! You are physically exhausted by the 200m mark. He is not lying when he says that it takes sheer willpower to finish the race
I ran the hurdles from 12 years old till 16 yrs old. Practicing was brutal my coach would hold a piece of wood above the hurdle making sure my form was spot on. Rythm and form was most important.
Used to compete in the 400 hurdles in college. I would agree with this. Counting steps. Needing to be able to jump with both legs. And those last 2 hurdles….
I ran track in school, tried the 400m hurdle at practice ONCE and couldn't finish. I could run everything else decent, but the 400m hurdles feels like a marathon. Like he said 1 misstep at any point and your race is over.
Cool to hear the admiration for Warholm from Young, no grudge or resentment from losing his record but just appreciation for hurdling greatness like his own.
Love his spirit.
records are meant to be broken
Yea hearing that was amazing and beautiful
When a record lasts that long you cant even be salty
Young held the record for 25 years. He wants to pass the baton to the next generation. If records can't be broken then top athletes will pick a different discipline where they have a shot at breaking the record.
“These guys are gonna take it to a whole new level” few weeks later Warholm breaks his new record and runs in the 45s
Both men's and women's broke their own records by like a half a second
45.94 wow!
ye
it amazes me how an athlete so passionate about his sport don't get upset when his record is broken but interested on where the new generation will take the limit
I think he gets how impressive what he did was, and how much the next generation has improved on them. It's humble and makes him more respectable tbh
Athletes are not children. They have sportsmanship
@@kupopuffs420 youd be surprised how many do not
as a 69 year old average person i am schocked at what i could do at 18 compared to now.
Seems like a real humble nice guy
400m hurdles: 10% physical condition, 10% motivation condition, 80% math skills
so much math, yikes
And 100% reason to remember the name
@@abasisc5391 counting to 20 aint no joke
40% physical, 80% will power, 14% maths skills.
@@hemanthtella8801 Someone missed the joke (c:
As a very former collegiate 200m sprinter, there is nothing like the 400 hurdles. even the 800m guys would admit this.
Waaat?
Bwoah
I ran 800m and 110 hurdles and they are the 2 hardest events I've ran in track. I'm usually a distance guy, but I did hurdles for fun and I'm more tired from the 110 hurdles than the 800m even when I give my all.
Can confirm, hurdle is almost a different discipline. Did once for fun , never again
Try running a marathon under 2 hours
Every-time I think something is impossible, the Olympics prove me wrong. It’s why I love the event, never give up and you will succeed.
We really should come with hyper Olympics where all forms of doping & performance enhancing technology is allowed, just to see what human body can do
@@eustache_dauger yeah but it’s not as cool because it’s cheating. Being original is better.
@@PremierCCGuyMMXVI The probem is the IOC does allow certain substances. Performance enhancing drugs are a range of products not one or the other, so you can't really be either 100% natural or juiced up. As a result there are always some athletes or camps trying to push the limits/standards set by the committee which will always lead to some dispute over what is and what isn't allowed. In this day and age, nobody is perfectly natural because that simply cannot make you competitive enough.
Like... licking your elbows?
Mate, this happened way before the Olympics and had nothing to do with them.
I used to compete in 110m hurdles. 400m seems like a whole other beast.
Amen.
Im only a hobby runner but hats off to you and everyone else who competes in this sport🙌
Easy
The 110m hurdle seemed like it was never ending for me.
I competed in the 400m hurdles in high school. I usually ran the 800m so my endurance made the 400m seem like a breeze in comparison lol
And the WR is *crushed* by Karsten in Tokyo 2020. New WR is 45.94.
As a proud Norwegian I feel lucky to have Warholm represent my country.
Murdered*
Warholm is one speedy Viking!
How legendary to hold a world record for almost thirty years. Literally nobody is doing it like him or like he did back in the 90s
Flo Jo has held 2 records (100m and 200m) for over 30 years, but she probably juiced...
@@OlJackBurton Almost definitely. Young isn't in the clear either. Early 90's was a PED race between nations.
The fact that Young's record lasted so long is truly incredible! Also, to the reply guys: Flo Jo's autopsy showed no signs of long term PED use. And I've never heard anything about Young using PEDs, either. Interesting how no one has ever speculated that Warholm is using PEDs...
@@ktw70 nonsense ,everyone but Athing is suspected.
Jonathon Edwards is now in his 27th year of holding the triple jump world record....
Very true. As a person who's run 400m, I can say that it itself is very demanding, let alone jumping hurdles! Athletes are just superhumans
especially brutal when you make the jump from Junior (33') to Senior (36")... and you haven't actually grown...
Can't wait for the 400m hurdles in Tokyo, both women and men. Great video! Wish we had the idea for this story 😉.
When is it btw?
@@alessandrodona4296 Men's final is August 3rd and Women's one day later 🔥.
@@AthleticInterest Sydney McLaughlin vs Femke Bol....Karsten Warholm vs Rai Benjamin.... We couldn't have asked for a better matchup
@@rohan4109 how are you gonna forget about delilah
@@rohan4109 dalilah is right there
Watching this after Warholm completely annihilates the record at the Olympics finals with a 45.94s
I remember doing this event a couple times in highschool. Incredibly painful, everything is burning at the end of the race.
Lol.
The 400mh is total madness.
Similar pain as the 800
Same as 3200m
I thought highschool had the 300m hurdles?
@@r.i.p.actavis25992 years late I know😭, but some highschool meets have 400mh :D (unfortunately🥲)
Anyone here after Warholm annihilated the world record again with a 45.94s.
Absolutely Incredible!
same
I love the guy's smile when he talks about the "whole new level" of his follow up athletes.
every now and then Vox comes out with a banger
True
Ye
wait but it's rare that they dont
@@ianism3 lol
@@ianism3 that’s a big opinion there
I would sit here, with my beer belly and salsa chips, and declaring to the tellie, "Yes, yes. With enough practice, I too can do this."
Thank you Vox of disabusing me of that notion.
As a prior hurdler, I am so happy the race is being highlighted! It seems there is so much hype given to a lot of other races.
I am former DI 400m hurdler and DI track coach, and this is the best explanation/break down of the 400H I have ever seen.
I don't think Karsten Warholm beat the WR during the olympic trails. It was during a Diamond League Meet.
Yeah it was that was sydney that broke it during the us trials
You’re right - thanks so much for pointing out the error. We’ve noted it in an info card and the description!
So does it still count or is it unrelated? Like does it have to be the Olympics were you break the record or can some 17 year old in Oklahoma have a phenomenal run and break it during a high-school track meet?
@@Newmcast in theory a WR can be broken at any meet: which has the correct equipment for timing etc. All WR are then ratified for doping etc.
@@Vox Yeah believe it or not but not everyone is from USA and have Olympic trials.
You all know why we're here today ladies and gentlemen.
I don't know why we're here. Why are we here?
i dont know
@@Nutty... The wr was crushed by warholm.
Running at full speed and jumping over something half your height is just hard in general lol
Scary😱
More than half your height for men, unless you’re 2,28 m tall😉
@@Skjeggspir I think they are 91.4 cm as per Google 😉 just confirm it because I also don't know which converts to a height 1.82m😉
@@oic3237 haha ok, I didn’t know the 400 m hurdles were significantly lower than the 110 m hurdles. Then I’m actually more than double their height myself😂
I love seeing people who see their record broken and they are fascinated by it. It really shows the passion
Warholm beating the record in his second race of the year, in his home country, a month before the olympics has got to be the best feeling
Who is here after Warholm ran 45.94 and destroyed his World Record in the Olympics final?
And the WORLD RECORD is broken again. Warholm is a generational talent.
I would think just having to time your jumps while still running as fast as you can makes this event incredibly hard.
by getting a patern in your jumping like the video explains, you already time them automaticly. at the point these people get to the olympics, i bet they barely think about it. it has been practiced so many times that you do it automaticly.
One of the hardest event there is and it’s hurdling not jump. Jumping would cause you to use too much energy which you need to complete the race
400m alone is hard enough. With hurdles is just unimaginable
That's the thing, it happens soooo fast, you are acting almost entirely off muscle memory. It's that difficult.
Just delightful how a champion like Kevin Young marvels at current talents, wishing the best for the sport.
The last 100m is a killer I always hated running this event, I'm a great 400m runner, but the 400mh is so technical. Getting over the hurdle isnt even the difficult part, it's the stepping like they explained in the video.
How great is your time?
@@martinpazienza1816 I'm in highschool rn, I run a 50sec 400m
What state are you in where highschool run 400m hurdles? 😭 cause I swear we only go up to 300
You don't necessarily need good form over hurdles for ih, but you do need speed and a good recovery from hurdling.
@@morganleflore I think he just runs the open 400. No way a regular high school kid runs the 400m hurdles in 50 seconds...
The stride pattern reminds me of backstroke count in swimming at the flags you need a count to the wall for the turn and if you mis count it can mess up your whole race.
"Why the 400mh is one of the hardest events"
Karsten, Sydney, Rai, Dalilah: LOL
Watching this after Karsten Warholm set a new world record in Tokyo today. What a legend! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
Coming up next, who will be able to breaking the Usain Bolt 100 meter world record?
Imagine someone doing that in 7 seconds
@MattV hahahahahahahaahahah
Not on Usain’s worst day, pal.
Usain bolt is nothing compared to Flash ⚡⚡& Quicksilver 🏁
@@zackmurphy937 If only they existed. Keep dreaming, I suppose.
@@archevenault It's a joke,besides no one cares if u get gold , silver or bronze or u break a record, in time every physical sport will be obsolete.
If we could just take a moment to highlight Edwin Moses. Between 1977 and 1987 he won 122 consecutive 400m hurdles races in a ROW, and set the world record 4 times. There's a reason that Young refers to him as "the Master Edwin Moses" here.
Vox: 400m hurdles is the hardest.
Tokyo 2020: Everyone breaking world records.
Here after Warholm smashed the world record again at Tokyo 2020 🤩🤩🇳🇴
You could say they have a lot hurdles to overcome in their sport
Jail
Love it haha
Come on bro
Dad? Is that you?
I hate dad jokes even more after this
Thank God the 4 hurdles finally getting some recognition
Well overdue. We have two superstars in Warholm and Benjamin. That have raced its prestige. It is the one to watch for both the women and men.
And he just blasted the World Record of his own by a whopping 45.94s. Mind blowing
On be half of the viewer I would like VOX make more video of Olympic sport. Thank you!!!
More Olympics coverage coming next week - stay tuned!
Me watching this while laying on the couch , eating chips : 👁️👄👁️ Maybe I can do this too
As an athlete, I'm so happy that this video really explained how hard my sport is.😭❤️
I had to jump over hurdles once and hit my knee on the way over. Never again.
Lol
World record got broken by the first and second-place finisher at Tokyo
Kevin Young you make me proud.
I cannot even begin to imagine what's it like to run such a hard race with so much pressure hat off to you ns to all Olympic athletes they are great.
Warholm didn’t break his record in Olympic trials...he broke it in a diamond league meet.
yeah they've noted that in the description now
As a sprint hurdler. I applaud people who runs the 400mh. At first people used to alternate legs. I stuck to the sprint hurdles as I couldn’t alternate. But these folks are killing it now. A 400m is hard enough and then you throw in hurdles. Madness!
I've been moving in circles and facing hurdles my whole life, I should be a master of this sport by now.
When you think joining sports as profession does not involve Maths…
I really dont want to seem snobbish or so but counting to like 150 steps or so is really not maths.
@@timonschneider6290 But how can you count to 150 when you only have 10 fingers! That's impossible.
@@taekatanahu635 🤣
@@taekatanahu635 I can get to 1023 on 10 fingers. How do you count with your fingers? XD
If you don't want to puke at the finish line after a 400, you're doing it wrong.
Been there, done that. 😂 I only ran it a few times, but it's honestly kind of nice to know that I'm not the only one who would get physically ill afterwards.
And then Warholm broke his own record 1 week after this video was released. mind blowing.
Would've been cool if this video contained footage of people actually running this race
Maybe, it has something to do with copyright, but at the same time, Vox should have enough resources for that
not until a year ig, olympics is still going on
@@linkinlinkinlinkin654 The Olympics has nothing to do with it. Athletics will not begin for another 3 days and none of the relevant races they would've used (apart from Young's) were run at any Olympics.
Agreed. The photos are good but a video demonstration/examples would have made more sense
@@irrelevance3859 did you not watch the video at 2:25 or 3:05 ? and yeah, copyright for sure is a thing.
Who’s here after Warholm obliterated the previous record?
I am! Norwegian here, who feels poud of my countryman.
Warholem smashes world record....45.94
This is a legendary race in track history🔥🔥🐐🐐🐐
There's absolutely no shame in holding a world record for almost 30 years until the next generation comes along and smashes it on a track thats more modern. Nobody needs to be ashamed.
@@scz1770 ohh sorry, it was a spelling mistake
I wrote shames instead of smash..
Who is here after warholm sub 46 sec run ?
lactic acid + jumping over a hurdle = me falling face first
And now Warholm has made a bigger mark on history again!!! You need to give the guy props if the bronze medal athelete reached so close to the WR himself!!! Now cos of this video we know... That it wasn't easy 🙌🏾🔥
Dos Santos beat Young's record...
I love so much when people discuss the technicality of a sport..
That means they are not just passionate they are breathing the game
I adore Karsten Warholm with all my heart, been following the absolute legend for many years now, I managed to hold it together to watch his actual race but then hearing him interview after and say "I know everyone says don't let sport define you but this is all I am and all I do, it's so important to me" broke me, I get it and I'm happy for you if you have other joys outside of sports but for some of us it is all we think about, do, and pass on to others all day long and there's nothing wrong with that 💪💕
The 400 hurdles is so difficult that they don't allow it high school. I'm sure they tried it at first and everyone was like "um no".
KARSTEN WARHOLM JUST SMASHED THE WORLD RECORD AND WON GOLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES!
Warholm brought the record under 46 seconds now. Rai Benjamin, who got silver also went under the previous WR.
Warholm blasted his own record again, he's a Viking beast.
It is hurt so much when succeed in breaking WR and OR but end up in 2nd place. Hope rai benjamin stay focus for next olympic and get his gold medal like warholm.. best race ever.
Just shows you how good Ed Moses was. His WR of 47.02 stood for nearly 9 years until Kevin Young broke it in a time of 46.78. Never thought anyone would ever get near it, so well done to Warholm Karsten. Unbelievable time.
Looking forward for Warholm-Benjamin rivalry for years to come
That was fascinating! I always thought hurdle races seemed extremely tough and super technical, but I didn't know that it was so specific that athletes are counting their strides. More Olympics videos would be awesome! I'd love to learn about Cricket and Rugby.
Coming from seeing the 400m hurdles in Tokyo 46 low and sub 46 these guys DEFINITELY just took it to another level!!
Just under a week after this video was published, Warholm beat his own record by .76 seconds.
4:28
Always cool to see Tom Holland pursuing his dream
I'm glad everyone is using the metric system
I love how he’s inspired by the title being taken from him after 30 years. That’s a good man right there.
I have the same impression! And I just saw a small docu about Warholm, and he seemed even nicer!
well those guys are really taking to a whole nother level!!! under 46 sec world record!!!
Karsten Warholm set a new world record today in the Tokyo Olympics 400m hurrdles, at 45.94! He crushed his own record by 0.76 seconds!
Imagine if Warholm and McLaughlin had a child. That would be a hurdlebeast
I like to think if they had a kid they would turn out to be something completely different like a marathoner😂
@@dylandixon4058 or worse an accountant (I'm an accountant lol)
Not because the parents are athletes means the child would be one ... What if the child loses a leg or has some sickness or is naturally smart anything can happen to the child and not guaranteed to live a life just like his/her parents
@@kadijahmcintosh1055 It was meant as a joke
(Their child would probably have good genetics anyway)
@@kadijahmcintosh1055 If he's smart he can't do hurdles?
Remember that epic 1987 World Championship final with Harold Schmidt, Danny Harris and Edwin Moses. Golden age. Then the following year Andre Phillips won gold.
whos here after the incredible 400 m hurdles final
Karsten Warholm just shattered the record in Tokyo. 45.94!!!!!!
And now Warholm Karsten broke the world record again in the Olympics!
Now he's broken that World Record
Wow. I had NO idea how technical and physically demanding hurdles and sprints are. I'm not a sports or Olympics person. Thank you!
I used to run it and I'll tell you why it's so hard: you're busting a gut running an already incredibly difficult event, the 400m and then you have a bunch of hurdles in your way! It requires pace, endurance and rhythm, which is a rare combination. I had an absolute love/hate relationship with the event. Man it's difficult.
Mr. young is a class act, much respect to him as he tells his story and admires the next generation..
In the 2020 Olympics Final, the 3 podium finishers beat the pre-Warholm record. Warholm himself managed to improve it and be the first man to ever race it under 46s.
And in the 2021 Olympic final, few weeks after this video, all those who took the podium achieved the record that Young made reigning for almost three decades. The game evolved.
It's mad that Kevin young would not have made the podium in the most recent Olympic final even though he held the world record for over 20 years.
It’s amazing all the top three beat the world record in the Tokyo olympics
Fascinating! A lot of these Olympic sports are mysteries to laypeople like myself because we can't comprehend how difficult they are. I'd love to learn more about others.
yeah, and since we tend to only watch athletes at the top level - who make it look relatively easy - it's hard to understand just how tough it is.
World record smashed wow
I did the 300m hurdles in high school and let me tell you. It is hard! You are physically exhausted by the 200m mark. He is not lying when he says that it takes sheer willpower to finish the race
ever tried 400m sub minute?
Vox is killing it with these videos. Good job!
And today, Karsten Warholm smash his own record with 45 second and 94 millisecond for Olympic Gold medal and new World Record.
Incredible!
I ran the hurdles from 12 years old till 16 yrs old. Practicing was brutal my coach would hold a piece of wood above the hurdle making sure my form was spot on. Rythm and form was most important.
Who's here after the Warholm won gold and smashed his own word record
hearing those first words gave me war flash backs of the performance anxiety I would get from doing hurdles back in highschool track meets
Man of class. What nobody will ever be able to take away from Kevin. Is becoming the FIRST man to go under 47 secs. You own that FOREVER.
Bro Karsten went under 46
Used to compete in the 400 hurdles in college. I would agree with this. Counting steps. Needing to be able to jump with both legs. And those last 2 hurdles….
I ran track in school, tried the 400m hurdle at practice ONCE and couldn't finish. I could run everything else decent, but the 400m hurdles feels like a marathon. Like he said 1 misstep at any point and your race is over.
Here after Warholm just smashed this record with a 45.94!!
New WR 45.95