LONDON, Aug. 9 -- Norway's Karsten Warholm scored a surprise victory in the men's 400 meters hurdles at the World Athletics Championships here on Wednesday.

The 21-year-old shocked the field with a time of 48.35 seconds for the gold. Turkey's Yasmani Copello took silver in 48.49 and former twice world champion A Kerron Clement of the United States won bronze in 48.52.

"I truly don't believe it," said Warholm. "I've worked so hard for this but I don't know what I have done. This is an amazing feeling."

"I'm world champion, that's crazy. A lot of hard work and dedication has got me here so thank you to my coach for getting me in a position to challenge for a world title.

"I got out well and managed to hold it really well. I'm so proud of my performance. I hope people back in Norway are as happy as I am."

Warholm, a former European junior decathlon silver medalist two years ago, has found that 400m hurdles is his event since this season, winning two Diamond League titles in Oslo and Stockholm.

"Decathlon gave me a really good base coming into the hurdles," he said. "All the credit goes to my coach for making me a world class hurdler."

Copello, the European champion and Olympic bronze winner last year, was satisified with a silver, saying, "To win a world championship medal is my dream. My coach just told me to relax and now I have a medal, I'm so happy. It's been an incredible experience."

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