Dos Santos and Russell set hurdles world records in Zurich
Dos Santos won the men’s 400-metre hurdles with a world-record performance, while Russell broke the women’s 100-metre hurdles world record at the Zurich Diamond League.
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- Dos Santos won the men’s 400-metre hurdles with a world-record performance, while Russell broke the women’s 100-metre hurdles world record at the Zurich Diamond League.
Dos Santos and Russell produced world-record performances in the hurdles at the Zurich Diamond League, delivering two landmark results at the same meeting.
Dos Santos won the men’s 400-metre hurdles while setting a new world record. Russell broke the women’s 100-metre hurdles world record, according to the stored event report published on August 28, 2026.
The two results made the Zurich meeting a major moment in the athletics season. Exact times are not included here because they were not available in the stored source extraction used for this report.
This article is based on Al Jazeera’s August 28 report on the Zurich Diamond League.
