Why the 400m hurdles is one of the hardest Olympic races

[@jelle7224]

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.

[@temavero2124]

Love his spirit.

[@abasisc5391]

records are meant to be broken

[@Pooply21]

Yea hearing that was amazing and beautiful

[@vinos1629]

When a record lasts that long you cant even be salty

[@dand5829]

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.

[@Nicfurtado]

“These guys are gonna take it to a whole new level” few weeks later Warholm breaks his new record and runs in the 45s

[@Jburneyjr]

Both men's and women's broke their own records by like a half a second

[@johnglee51]

45.94 wow!

[@catedoge3206]

ye

[@CYMotorsport]

As a very former collegiate 200m sprinter, there is nothing like the 400 hurdles. even the 800m guys would admit this.

[@anr101]

Waaat?

[@ozamatazbuckshank7467]

Bwoah

[@tony6666]

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.

[@90PaMa]

Can confirm, hurdle is almost a different discipline. Did once for fun , never again

[@waterproof4403]

Try running a marathon under 2 hours

[@jensentung]

I used to compete in 110m hurdles. 400m seems like a whole other beast.

[@adriancooper78]

Amen.

[@bianka94825]

Im only a hobby runner but hats off to you and everyone else who competes in this sport🙌

[@jarod144]

Easy

[@perplexingperceptions8888]

The 110m hurdle seemed like it was never ending for me.

[@ellax325]

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

[@afon_s]

400m hurdles: 10% physical condition, 10% motivation condition, 80% math skills

[@abasisc5391]

so much math, yikes

[@berserker13ful1]

And 100% reason to remember the name

[@toosas]

@@abasisc5391 counting to 20 aint no joke

[@dougerrohmer]

40% physical, 80% will power, 14% maths skills.

[@mastaw]

@@hemanthtella8801 Someone missed the joke (c:

[@AthleticInterest]

Can't wait for the 400m hurdles in Tokyo, both women and men. Great video! Wish we had the idea for this story 😉.

[@alessandrodona4296]

When is it btw?

[@AthleticInterest]

@@alessandrodona4296 Men's final is August 3rd and Women's one day later 🔥.

[@rohan4109]

@@AthleticInterest Sydney McLaughlin vs Femke Bol....Karsten Warholm vs Rai Benjamin.... We couldn't have asked for a better matchup

[@kaisuzuki1158]

@@rohan4109 how are you gonna forget about delilah

[@onigbajamo]

@@rohan4109 dalilah is right there

[@zinoudznabil3637]

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

[@scz1770]

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

[@kupopuffs420]

Athletes are not children. They have sportsmanship

[@scz1770]

@@kupopuffs420 youd be surprised how many do not

[@victorhopper6774]

as a 69 year old average person i am schocked at what i could do at 18 compared to now.

[@jermasus]

Seems like a real humble nice guy

[@animeshfatehpuria6584]

And the WR is *crushed* by Karsten in Tokyo 2020. New WR is 45.94.

[@Onnarashi]

As a proud Norwegian I feel lucky to have Warholm represent my country.

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

Murdered*

[@grahamstrouse1165]

Warholm is one speedy Viking!

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

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.

[@eustache_dauger]

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

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@eustache_dauger yeah but it’s not as cool because it’s cheating. Being original is better.

[@anonymousmask1208]

@@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.

[@jmk5638]

Like... licking your elbows?

[@garagesale8003]

Mate, this happened way before the Olympics and had nothing to do with them.

[@leroytan]

Watching this after Warholm completely annihilates the record at the Olympics finals with a 45.94s

[@Vxlntvne]

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

[@OlJackBurton]

Flo Jo has held 2 records (100m and 200m) for over 30 years, but she probably juiced...

[@ParleLeVu]

@@OlJackBurton Almost definitely. Young isn't in the clear either. Early 90's was a PED race between nations.

[@ktw70]

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...

[@victorhopper6774]

@@ktw70 nonsense ,everyone but Athing is suspected.

[@david2804me]

Jonathon Edwards is now in his 27th year of holding the triple jump world record....

[@ed-edd-n-eddy]

I remember doing this event a couple times in highschool. Incredibly painful, everything is burning at the end of the race.

[@prestonmatthews725]

Lol. The 400mh is total madness.

[@andrewk5789]

Similar pain as the 800

[@EggwithSubscribers-mz9du]

Same as 3200m

[@r.i.p.actavis2599]

I thought highschool had the 300m hurdles?

[@kirbyluvr2142]

@@r.i.p.actavis25992 years late I know😭, but some highschool meets have 400mh :D (unfortunately🥲)

[@CS3____420]

You all know why we're here today ladies and gentlemen.

[@Nutty...]

I don't know why we're here. Why are we here?

[@Tech-cy9yo]

i dont know

[@arnenesbye2420]

@@Nutty... The wr was crushed by warholm.

[@GNOLEB]

Running at full speed and jumping over something half your height is just hard in general lol

[@fbaallied]

Scary😱

[@Skjeggspir]

More than half your height for men, unless you’re 2,28 m tall😉

[@oic3237]

@@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😉

[@Skjeggspir]

@@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😂

[@KshitijKV]

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

[@peterhuycke1857]

especially brutal when you make the jump from Junior (33') to Senior (36")... and you haven't actually grown...

[@TheBiomedZed]

every now and then Vox comes out with a banger

[@salmanahjum-mathee9055]

True

[@thelurker1330]

Ye

[@ianism3]

wait but it's rare that they dont

[@isaiahking6004]

@@ianism3 lol

[@chopinfanclub6672]

@@ianism3 that’s a big opinion there

[@tudororza]

I don't think Karsten Warholm beat the WR during the olympic trails. It was during a Diamond League Meet.

[@chiedzamapondera6499]

Yeah it was that was sydney that broke it during the us trials

[@Vox]

You’re right - thanks so much for pointing out the error. We’ve noted it in an info card and the description!

[@40kBookSummaries]

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?

[@archieman123]

@@40kBookSummaries 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.

[@KickassTechnology]

@@Vox Yeah believe it or not but not everyone is from USA and have Olympic trials.

[@DivergentEvolution]

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.

[@theManaen]

Who is here after Warholm ran 45.94 and destroyed his World Record in the Olympics final?

[@samyekjain8215]

Anyone here after Warholm annihilated the world record again with a 45.94s. Absolutely Incredible!

[@akidk1499]

same

[@Asher8328]

I would think just having to time your jumps while still running as fast as you can makes this event incredibly hard.

[@tjibbeettema8759]

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.

[@prestonmatthews725]

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

[@irrelevance3859]

400m alone is hard enough. With hurdles is just unimaginable

[@devontekuykendall3565]

That's the thing, it happens soooo fast, you are acting almost entirely off muscle memory. It's that difficult.

[@vengsong4900]

On be half of the viewer I would like VOX make more video of Olympic sport. Thank you!!!

[@Vox]

More Olympics coverage coming next week - stay tuned!

[@carlosjuarezvw9712]

Who’s here after Warholm obliterated the previous record?

[@Onnarashi]

I am! Norwegian here, who feels poud of my countryman.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

When you think joining sports as profession does not involve Maths…

[@timonschneider6290]

I really dont want to seem snobbish or so but counting to like 150 steps or so is really not maths.

[@taekatanahu635]

@@timonschneider6290 But how can you count to 150 when you only have 10 fingers! That's impossible.

[@tarajh]

@@taekatanahu635 🤣

[@Azrael38]

​@@taekatanahu635 I can get to 1023 on 10 fingers. How do you count with your fingers? XD

[@mephisto4618]

Me watching this while laying on the couch , eating chips : 👁️👄👁️ Maybe I can do this too

[@elizabethhenning778]

If you don't want to puke at the finish line after a 400, you're doing it wrong.

[@sluttymctits4496]

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.

[@jaredwallace91]

You could say they have a lot hurdles to overcome in their sport

[@marceline227]

Jail

[@carlewen-lewis3305]

Love it haha

[@ephsee8669]

Come on bro

[@1dareu2mov3]

Dad? Is that you?

[@LizziesLukas]

I hate dad jokes even more after this

[@imbrian151]

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.

[@martinpazienza1816]

How great is your time?

[@imbrian151]

@@martinpazienza1816 I'm in highschool rn, I run a 50sec 400m

[@morganleflore]

What state are you in where highschool run 400m hurdles? 😭 cause I swear we only go up to 300

[@fiction4041]

You don't necessarily need good form over hurdles for ih, but you do need speed and a good recovery from hurdling.

[@OlJackBurton]

@@morganleflore I think he just runs the open 400. No way a regular high school kid runs the 400m hurdles in 50 seconds...

[@SSDriscool]

I had to jump over hurdles once and hit my knee on the way over. Never again.

[@jm-je4tl]

Lol

[@Jorge_Pronto]

I love the guy's smile when he talks about the "whole new level" of his follow up athletes.

[@byefornow5803]

And the WORLD RECORD is broken again. Warholm is a generational talent.

[@azj_]

Coming up next, who will be able to breaking the Usain Bolt 100 meter world record?

[@greendro6410]

Imagine someone doing that in 7 seconds

[@wss33]

@MattV hahahahahahahaahahah Not on Usain’s worst day, pal.

[@zackmurphy937]

Usain bolt is nothing compared to Flash ⚡⚡& Quicksilver 🏁

[@archevenault]

@@zackmurphy937 If only they existed. Keep dreaming, I suppose.

[@zackmurphy937]

@@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.

[@Channel-mg6yi]

Who is here after warholm sub 46 sec run ?

[@noahwold4392]

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

[@myles.905]

World record got broken by the first and second-place finisher at Tokyo

[@khumokwezimashapa2245]

"Why the 400mh is one of the hardest events" Karsten, Sydney, Rai, Dalilah: LOL

[@zachjoyal8257]

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.

[@ClearTheAtmosphere]

Here after Warholm smashed the world record again at Tokyo 2020 🤩🤩🇳🇴

[@wss33]

Warholm didn’t break his record in Olympic trials...he broke it in a diamond league meet.

[@ianism3]

yeah they've noted that in the description now

[@gqn2]

Vox: 400m hurdles is the hardest. Tokyo 2020: Everyone breaking world records.

[@justinfellows1976]

Who's here after Warholm went under 46

[@benjaminstrunk1517]

New WR 45.95

[@parthdake]

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 🙌🏾🔥

[@OlJackBurton]

Dos Santos beat Young's record...

[@jamesrodriguez6954]

Who's here after the Warholm won gold and smashed his own word record

[@lavindu_sachintha]

And he just blasted the World Record of his own by a whopping 45.94s. Mind blowing

[@ZezeMimi]

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.

[@mernisch8307]

Would've been cool if this video contained footage of people actually running this race

[@NadirAgha]

Maybe, it has something to do with copyright, but at the same time, Vox should have enough resources for that

[@linkinlinkinlinkin654]

not until a year ig, olympics is still going on

[@onigbajamo]

@@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.

[@irrelevance3859]

Agreed. The photos are good but a video demonstration/examples would have made more sense

[@ianism3]

@@irrelevance3859 did you not watch the video at 2:25 or 3:05 ? and yeah, copyright for sure is a thing.

[@taxi11]

4:28 Always cool to see Tom Holland pursuing his dream

[@SilhouetteLifter]

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.

[@charlesthorndike2702]

Imagine if Warholm and McLaughlin had a child. That would be a hurdlebeast

[@dylandixon4058]

I like to think if they had a kid they would turn out to be something completely different like a marathoner😂

[@purplerabbit638]

@@dylandixon4058 or worse an accountant (I'm an accountant lol)

[@kadijahmcintosh1055]

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

[@charlesthorndike2702]

@@kadijahmcintosh1055 It was meant as a joke (Their child would probably have good genetics anyway)

[@archdukefranzferdinand567]

@@kadijahmcintosh1055 If he's smart he can't do hurdles?

[@heygronk]

Watching this after Karsten Warholm set a new world record in Tokyo today. What a legend! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@adrianyang2192]

lactic acid + jumping over a hurdle = me falling face first

[@ozamatazbuckshank7467]

Looking forward for Warholm-Benjamin rivalry for years to come

[@sydoesgames]

whos here after the incredible 400 m hurdles final

[@billybussey]

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".

[@sankubanku1633]

KARSTEN WARHOLM JUST SMASHED THE WORLD RECORD AND WON GOLD AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES!

[@ST-ug2wy]

It's hard because it's longer than 100 m

[@justsomeguy3267]

Just under a week after this video was published, Warholm beat his own record by .76 seconds.

[@adityahidayat6892]

i just watch here after the record broken by top two finishers!!

[@jaredtan890]

well those guys are really taking to a whole nother level!!! under 46 sec world record!!!

[@VairoMusic]

VIKING POWER!

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

E

[@gabirotim4480]

ur first bro

[@sreejith8022]

🔫

[@abrahamlincoln8037]

@@sreejith8022 no you

[@kelzstackz4503]

Here after Warholm just smashed this record with a 45.94!!

[@neiloscarsalac9310]

watching this after warholm demolished his own record

[@TimTeemo]

I ran 300m hurdles in high school and I can confirm I fricken hated it

[@kaitheguy6504]

I actually preferred it over the 110m no 🧢, I can handle distance better 😆 💀

[@sam08g16]

I've been moving in circles and facing hurdles my whole life, I should be a master of this sport by now.

[@diogoravara3067]

Warholm laughing rn

[@thescoutarchives6269]

World record smashed wow

[@meredithwhite5790]

Warholm brought the record under 46 seconds now. Rai Benjamin, who got silver also went under the previous WR.

[@divinxiv2060]

Thank God the 4 hurdles finally getting some recognition

[@fender1000100]

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.

[@guzelataroach4450]

🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

[@89DerChristian]

I love seeing people who see their record broken and they are fascinated by it. It really shows the passion

[@explorelonelyplanet3696]

Warholem smashes world record....45.94 This is a legendary race in track history🔥🔥🐐🐐🐐

[@scz1770]

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.

[@explorelonelyplanet3696]

@@scz1770 ohh sorry, it was a spelling mistake I wrote shames instead of smash..

[@mywaterfountain]

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….

[@krithiballal974]

getting sore muscles just watching it...

[@WoahhTeamJacob]

Let’s go Sydney McLaughlin!!!

[@brianwimberly7937]

Will she be hungry enough to win it?

[@TheGreatChrisB]

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.

[@Ceddyboyz234]

Who’s here after Warholm smashed his own record at the Tokyo Olympics?

[@jac7895]

They didnt mention the fact that after a 400m hurdles you feel like your heart is going to explode.

[@adam872]

And your legs feel like they've got two bags of cement attached to them. It's very difficult getting over that last hurdle.

[@benkipgen646]

My only memory of the 400m in school was people falling at the finish line and/or puking 😂

[@Cantrece]

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.

[@Johnsonhttl]

Where did you go to school? University of Vox

[@kingdomman1078]

... and the record was broken again by the holder in Tokyo, and celebrated by ripping his outfit. The absolute Viking!

[@ing4gi]

I'm glad everyone is using the metric system

[@olatryland1664]

Norge!

[@siddhantpandey2000]

Simple Answer: Because its the 400m hurdles

[@dezero1035]

Now there's no crowd😔

[@harrybarodawala3588]

Marathon: Am I a joke to you?

[@paulchiu]

Just delightful how a champion like Kevin Young marvels at current talents, wishing the best for the sport.

[@krisat16]

Now Sydney broke her own WR

[@Achi567]

i ran 400m hurdles 57 secs, and i use 17 steps between each hurdles.

[@alfonsobanana]

And now Warholm Karsten broke the world record again in the Olympics!

[@setaphiledits]

And then Warholm broke his own record 1 week after this video was released. mind blowing.

[@Onnarashi]

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!

[@TheDanaYiShow]

Really interesting topic and well-made video, awesome stuff!

[@kakigame9521]

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.

[@samwilkinson2534]

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.

[@timothyclark5900]

Karsten Warholm just shattered the record in Tokyo. 45.94!!!!!!

[@fostersstubbyasmr9557]

Who else here after Warhold destroyed the record!? Kudos to everyone else in the race!

[@larsbriar9638]

I definitely think that track is one of the most underestimated sports in terms of difficulty, I guess it’s because almost everyone can technically run (even if it’s in terrible form) unlike something like gymnastics where not very many people can do backflips, I don’t think people understand how fast these people run and the amount of physical fitness it takes to maintain their speed for the distances they do. I guess that’s a testament to how easy they make it look but unless you’ve actually tried to run alongside someone running a 4 min mile or one of these guys sprinting at full speed it’s hard to put into context for fast they are actually going. Anyways much respect to the track people out there.

[@s_ame1135]

yeah people understand its difficulty but less people really cared much because just like you said, everyone with 2 legs can run and jump.