2024-09-05 06:14:53
Sports Examination – In the expected duel at the Zurich meeting, Armand Duplantis and Karsten Warholm face each other over 100m. And those who were Swedes accepted.
We know he’s fast with a pole in hand but Swede Mondo Duplantis showed on Wednesday in Zurich that he still knows how to sprint by beating Norwegian Karsten Warholm, the world record holder in the 400 m hurdles, over the 100 m, an impossible challenge that the two Scandinavian stars faced were launched last year.
Organized on Wednesday evening by their common sponsors, on the afternoon of the Diamond League meeting in Switzerland, the fight between the 24-year-old vaulter and the 28-year-old hurdler excited fans who were happy to predict name. the winner of this duel.
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After an hour and a half of slow-paced entertainment at times, between dancing and BMX stunts, the two athletes finally took to the track, in their bathing suits, in front of about 2,000[2,000]the viewer.
After a great start, Duplantis took the lead from the first meters and Warholm could not catch it.
In the end, he crossed the line in 10 seconds 37, improving by two tenths of his personal best over the distance set in 2018. He was a tenth ahead of Warholm (10.47).
Enjoying his lead, Duplantis even allowed himself to overtake his rival by turning around before crossing the finish line.
“I’m still very happy”a jubilant Duplantis afterwards. As a token, he gave Warholm a Swedish jersey that the Norwegian will have to wear on Thursday when he runs the 400m hurdles.
“That’s really good”he said, giving the blue and yellow clothes, the colors of Sweden, to a disgruntled Karsten Warholm.
“He got out of the starting blocks quickly, well done man”reacted Warholm.
The challenge was launched in 2023 at the Monaco meeting, when Duplantis told Warholm that he thought he was capable of beating him over 100m and offered to run a race. “I would love to”Warholm replied before shaking hands with his future enemy.
On paper, Warholm, who is used to starting blocks, seems to have an advantage, mainly because he had a slightly faster record than Duplantis before the race (10.49 in 2017 compared to 10.57 in 2018).
But the Swede, in his best form after his second Olympic title and having improved the world record for the tenth time (6.26 m) at the end of August, took the challenge seriously, training for starters with the American Fred Kerley, bronze medalist in 100m in Paris.
The two athletes continued on Thursday in their routines.
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