"Gonna be a hot one in Paris"; "Alison dos Santos wants the Gold badly"- Fans react to Karsten Warholm losing to the Brazilian on home soil

Fans recently reacted to Karsten Warholm being defeated by Alison dos Santos in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 Oslo Diamond League. The Brazilian topped the event after defeating Warholm and Kyron McMaster.

The Norwegian athlete secured second place behind the Brazilian hurdler after clocking 46.70 seconds. Dos Santos recorded a world lead of 46.63 seconds. The showdown at Bislett Olympic Stadium in the Norwegian capital on May 30 took the fans in awe.

Warholm set the world record in the event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after registering a striking time of 45.94 seconds. The Norwegian favorite majorly dominated the race in Oslo until the last hurdle, where he stumbled, allowing the Brazilian hurdler to lead.

Fans were quick enough to express their thoughts after being amazed by the race as one of them wrote,

"You do that on Warholm's turf? Dos Santos wants the Gold badly."

Another fan called the race of being in the "Golden Age of long hurdling" while expecting it to last until the 2028 LA Olympics.

"It’s the Golden Age of long hurdling. Should last until @LA2028."

A fan anticipated an edge-of-the-seat clash in the event at the Paris Olympics, with Rai Benjamin joining the playing field.

"Amazing race," they wrote. "Gonna be a hot one in Paris."

Here are a few more reactions:

"That final hurdle Omg Omgg," wrote a fan.

"Alison & Rai have learned how to beat him, it was only a matter of time," another fan conveyed.

"It’s crazy that they’re running 46s left and right these days," expressed a fan.

"With those mistakes, it's potential" - Karsten Warholm breaks down 400m hurdles race at the Oslo Diamond League

Karsten Warholm opened up on the 400m hurdles race at the 2024 Oslo Diamond League.

The world-record holder ran shoulder-to-shoulder with Alison ds Santos before stumbling on the ninth hurdle. In an interview with the Citius Mag after the race, the Norwegian stated that he was feeling good until the eighth hurdle after which he changed his rhythm.

"I was like 'Damn I feel like I have control' you know. It's like I felt like okay these eight hurdles were you know almost flawless," Karsten Warholm said. "I was feeling really good so I felt like I was in control there and then I changed my rhythm to 14 which was my plan you know, a little bit untidy there," (at 0:40).

Further, he acknowledged the difficulty in making a comeback after clipping on the last hurdle. While embracing the mistakes he expressed his contentment with the performance.

"When you stumble the last hurdle it's pretty tough to come back from but still I felt like I managed to pull myself together and finish quite strong so when I looked at the time I was like damn with those mistakes, it's potential of course," he added.

Karsten Warholm's only win so far this season came at the Trond Mohn Games in Bergen where he triumphed in the 300m hurdles with a timing of 33.28 seconds.

He previously claimed the silver medal in the 400m hurdles event at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow after losing to Belgium's Alexander Doom in the final.