I have written about Mondo Duplantis in the pole vault, out of Louisiana but jumping for Sweden. Just missed a new world record, and made a gold medal look easy.
Also Karsten Warholm out of Norway, who did get a WR in the hurdles. He was pushed - semi-unexpectedly - and thus pushed the record way down. All three medalists broke the previous world record, in fact.
Both are young and may yet do better. Track & Field is about the only Olympic sport I care about.
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Actually, only the first two broke the record; the bronze medalist was .02 seconds from the old record. Still a remarkable race.
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