Juander Santos, brother to Luguelin Santos, the Dominican 2012 London Olympics 400 m silver medalist, made it to the semi-finals of the 400 m hurdle in the IAAF World Championships taking place in London, United Kingdom. He is one of 24 athletes competing in the semi-finals on Monday, 7 August 2017. His personal best is 48.92 run in Puerto Rico in April 2017.
In the report on the qualifying heats, International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) reports:
“Norway’s European U23 champion Karsten Warholm is an improving athlete and is considered a medal prospect. He implored the crowd to get behind him when he was announced to the stadium prior to heat four and after slowly settling into his blocks, ran a swift 250m, chasing down Juander Santos, who was outside him. Santos, the 22-year-old brother of Luguelin, the 2012 Olympic silver medalist over 400m, finished the stronger of the two however, to record 49.19, while Warholm looked around nervously as he tired.”
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IAAF
Juander Santos IAAF profile
7 August 2017
