On December 16, Beijing time, in the top 10 news of international sports in 2021 selected by CCTV, Walholm, who is the first person in athletics and the successor of Bolt, was selected as the eighth. Walholm's performance this year is invincible, breaking the world record twice + winning the Olympic Championship, and breaking the world record of 0.76 seconds + finishing the opponent Benjamin, who also broke the world record, such a performance is a miracle in the history of athletics.
In the top ten news, the "Olympic motto updated to "faster, higher, stronger - more united" ranked first, proving that the Olympic Games is still the most concerned event for the majority of sports fans, and the quadrennial Olympic Games still have an unparalleled influence among sports fans around the world.
Walholm was voted eighth with the news of "Breaking the World Record in the 400m Hurdles and Being Voted the World Athletics Federation's Best Male Athlete". Walholm continued the strong performance of the past 2 years this year, and went to the next level, he broke the world record in his season debut in the 400m hurdles at 46.70 seconds, and then raised the world record he recently set by 0.76 seconds in the Olympic 400m hurdles final with a time of 45.94 seconds, which is one of the greatest miracles in the history of the Olympic Games. Rudisha broke the 800m world record at the London 2012 Olympics and beamon broke the long jump world record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics.
But the men's 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics were not a carnival for Walholm alone, with second-place Benjamin surpassing Walholm's previous world record of 46.70 seconds in 46.17 seconds and third-place Santos' time of 46.72 seconds also surpassing the original world record of 46.78 seconds held by Kevin Young.
The first place broke the world record, the second place broke the world record, and the third place also surpassed the previous world record, which is definitely one of the few competitions in the history of athletics, especially since the modern track and field, the significance of the results of this competition is unmatched. It should be known that although Bolt's career also broke the 100-meter world record, But the Berlin World Championships At the Time Gay 9.71 is only close to the original world record, When Rudisha broke the world record with a time of 1:40.91 at the London Olympics in 2012, the second place Amos did not create a world record; when Ayana broke the 10,000-meter world record at the Rio Olympics in 2016, the second place Cheruiyott's performance was also a little worse than the world record held by Wang Junxia When Michael Johnson broke the 200m world record in 19.32 seconds at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the second-place finish of 19.68 seconds was also a little far from the original world record. Bolt, Rudisha, Michael Johnson and Ayana have not yet broken the world record in the second place in these miracle games, let alone the second place.
With 3 years of unbeaten + Olympic champion + 2 world championships + 2 world records + top 10 results ranked first in history, now Walhom has become one of the greatest athletes in the history of this project, only need to look up to Moses 1 person in history, and there is a great possibility of surpassing in the future, becoming the new hurdles god, and Walholm's influence in active track and field athletes is also one of the best, he has now truly achieved the goal of not only breaking the world record, It also achieved the goal of raising the attention and status of the project, and was the first person to really compete in the track and field after Bolt.