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USA’s Russell and Brazil’s Dos Santos smashworld records on ‘crazy’ night in Zurich

Dos Santos and Russell smash hurdles world records

Agencies27 Aug 2026, 09:05 pmUpdated 2h ago1 min readSportsGlobal

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USA’s Russell and Brazil’s Dos Santos smash world records on ‘crazy’ night in Zurich

Dos Santos and Russell smash hurdles world records

Werro comes within 0.42sec of 800m world record

Bednarek and Wanyonyi clock world-leading times

Masai Russell and Alison Dos Santos each set a world record while Mondo Duplantis won a historic pole vault on a frenetic Thursday night in Zurich.

The Letzigrund Stadium had a raucous sell-out 25,000 crowd and the still, balmy weather conditions helped the athletes no end.

Werro comes within 0.42sec of 800m world record

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Source: The Guardian · Agencies. Published 27 Aug 2026, 09:05 pm.

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