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Matthew Hudson-Smith set a new European 400 metres record with a storming season-opening run at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo.The 29-year-old British runner surged clear to win in 44.07 seconds, breaking his own European best of 44.26 set at the World Championships in Budapest last August when he led until the closing stages but was unable to hold off Jamaican Antonio Watson.
Nine months on from that painful defeat Hudson-Smith, who was running with his name upside down on his vest, surged out of the blocks at the Bislett Games and powered on in the final straight to win by more than half a second.Grenada's Kirani James, the former world and Olympic champion, was second in 44.58 with American Vernon Norwood third in 44.68.
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