Irish athletes impress as Karsten Warholm obliterates world record in greatest race of all time

Everything else that happened today at the Olympics was a mere sideshow, but for Andrew Coscoran, Leon Reid, Marcus Lawler, and Phil Healy there was nonetheless major reason to smile

Norway's Karsten Warholm celebrates winning. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

On a history-making morning at the Olympic Stadium, one that produced what was undoubtedly the best athletics race of all time, a quartet of Irish athletes also had reason to walk away with their heads held high.

There’s no point pretending anyone will talk of much else today besides the astonishing, mind-bending, and utterly magnificent men’s 400m hurdles final, which saw Norway’s Karsten Warholm obliterate the world record with his winning time of 45.94.