Norwegian neophyte needed a pinch of proof

LONDON - Norwegian Karsten Warholm aped artist Edvard Munch's famous portrait The Scream when he realized he had won the men's 400m hurdles title on Wednesday.

And his victory could prove as valuable to the sport as the painting is to the Norwegian tourism industry.

Athletics is desperately seeking new and quirky characters to fill the huge vacuum that will be left by the retirements of Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt and, to a lesser extent, British distance legend Mo Farah.