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  "id": 3825430,
  "title": "Brazil’s Dos Santos, American Russell race to world hurdles records in Zurich",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-dos-santos-american-russell-race-to-world-hurdles-records-in-3825430",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T21:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
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    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/sports/2026/08/28/brazil-s-dos-santos-american-russell-race-to-world-hurdles-records-in-zurich"
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  "account": "In a night of athletic achievement at the Diamond League meeting in Zurich, Brazil's Alison dos Santos and American Masai Russell shattered world records. Dos Santos claimed the men's 400m hurdles title in 45.80 seconds, surpassing Karsten Warholm's Olympic record of 45.94. Russell then dominated the women's 100m hurdles, recording a time of 12.09 seconds, breaking the previous record of 12.12 set by Nigeria's Tobi Amusan. Dos Santos has long been close to historic milestones, earning multiple gold medals and a silver in recent years. The crowd's energy was palpable as Dos Santos expressed his joy in breaking the world record, saying, \"This has been an incredible night, I have no words to explain what happened other than I just broke the world record.\" Warholm praised Dos Santos' brilliance, acknowledging his strong performance. Meanwhile, Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi set a new world record of 1:41.76 in the men's 800m, closely following in second place.",
  "summary": "Alison dos Santos wins the men’s 400m hurdles in 45.80 seconds as Masai Russell clocks 12.09 in the women’s 100m event.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Brazil's Dos Santos races to world record in 400m hurdles in Zurich",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-dos-santos-races-to-world-record-in-400m-hurdles-in-zurich",
        "published": "2026-08-27T18:52:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Brazil’s Alison dos Santos breaks men’s 400-meter hurdles world record",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-alison-dos-santos-breaks-mens-400-meter-hurdles-world-record",
        "published": "2026-08-27T19:26:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Brazil’s Dos Santos, American Russell race to world hurdles records in Zurich",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/brazils-dos-santos-american-russell-race-to-world-hurdles-records-in-3826517",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:07:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "Masai Russell breaks Amusan’s World Record as Nigerian finishes second in Zurich",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/masai-russell-breaks-amusans-world-record-as-nigerian-finishes-second",
        "published": "2026-08-27T21:44:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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