Ugly Scenes As Protestors Disrupt 400m Hurdles by Holding Banner on Track in Stockholm: Video

• Protestors disrupted the 400m hurdles at the Diamond League meet in Stockholm Sweden
• The environmental protestors held banners 10m from the finish line as the race was ongoing
• Karsten Warholm was in the outside lane of the 400m hurdles and won the race comfortably

An eventful Diamond League meet in Stockholm was marred by protestors, who disrupted the 400-metre hurdles race by holding a banner on the track close to the finish line.

Climate protestors knelt on the track close to the finish line, forcing athletes to run through their banners.

Race winner and world-record holder, Karsten Warholm, who was on the outside lane, was not affected as he crossed the line after 47.57 seconds.

According to Runners World, the three protestors were from the A22 Network. It is still unclear how they managed to get on the track.

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The trio allegedly jumped on the track once the race was on, with their actions eliciting angry reactions from fans on social media.

They knelt in lanes six, four, and one, forcing the majority of the runners to run through the banners. While he was not affected, Warholm was not happy with the protestors.

"It is permissible to protest, but this is not the way to do it. It is disrespectful to those who are here to do a good job. I must honestly admit that I'm [expletive] off," he said, via Reuters.

The protestors reportedly interrupted the Swedish final of Let's Dance on TV4 last month.

Summary of events in Stockholm

Pole vault world record-holder, Armand Duplantis, was the star attraction. The Swedish athlete won the event by clearing 6.05 meters but tried and failed to clear a world record attempt of 6.23m.

Most events were, however, hampered by rain.

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South Africa’s Akani Simbine won his second straight Diamond League race in the men’s 100m, while Daryll Neit led a British 1-2 in the women’s 200m alongside Dina Asher-Smith.

Nigerian star, Tobi Amusan was superb as she cruised to a 100m hurdles victory in a time of 12.52. Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the women’s 5,000m in 14:36:52.

Athletics records possibly remaining unbroken

Sports Brief earlier reported on athletics records possibly staying unbroken, including Usain Bolt's 100, record of 9.58s and the 200m record of 19.19 he set in 2009 in Berlin.

Apart from winning World and Olympic titles, athletes usually try to go a step further and further etch their names into history books by setting new world records in the sport.

Duplantis has made it his own in disciplines like the men's pole vault, breaking the record six times since 2020. It currently stands at 6.22m, which he tried to break many times.