OMEGA Moment of the Meeting: Warholm’s world best

There was no shortage of world record breakers when the 2025 Wanda Diamond League kicked off in Xiamen this weekend.

Faith Kipyegon, Mondo Duplantis and Yaroslava Mahuchikh all returned to Diamond League action at the Egret Stadium having broken world records in the series last year.

Yet this time around, it was Karsten Warholm who rewrote the athletics history books.

In the final race of the night, the Norwegian star took the OMEGA Moment of the Meeting with a world best in the 300m hurdles.

The Wanda Diamond League’s official timekeeper OMEGA clocked Warholm at 33.05, the fastest time ever recorded in the discipline.

Though the 300m hurdles is not recognised as a world record event, it was still a historic performance, with the Norwegian shaving 0.21 seconds off his own previous world best.

“I knew it was in my body to perform that, but you obviously have to do it,” said Warholm, insisting that he could go even faster when he runs the 300m hurdles again at the Diamond League in Oslo on June 12.

“I tried it one time in June last year and that did not work out for me. This race was a lot better so I know I can do it. I guess if we are running again at Bislett, I am pretty sure we will push under the 33 second line.”

Watch the OMEGA Moment of the Meeting