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Athletics superstars Karsten Warholm and Elaine Thompson-Herah named 2021 World Athletes of the Year

Karsten Warholm and Elaine Thompson-Herah were named World Athletes of the Year in Monaco on Wednesday. Warholm received the men's award for smashing the 29-year-old world record to win gold in the 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics. Thompson-Herah took the women's award for winning both the 100m and 200m in Tokyo, completing the sprint double for a second successive Olympic Games.

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02/12/2021 at 07:07 GMT