The ultimate battle no one expected to see: Warholm vs Duplantis to race in 100m sprint
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Reading Time: 1min | Wed. 14.08.24. | 23:34
Olympic champions in pole vault and 400m hurdle will face off in Zurich on September 4
Norwegian 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm and Olympic pole vault champion Armand Mondo Duplantis will line up against each other in a 100m sprint in Zurich, Switzerland, on September 4.
Duplantis broke his own world record in Paris a few days ago for the ninth time, clearing 6.25m as he clinched his second pole vault Olympic gold.
Three-time world 400m hurdles champion Warholm added a silver medal in Paris to the Olympic gold he earned at Tokyo 2020, where he set the current world record time of 45.94 seconds.
It's really happening!!
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Mondo Duplantis 🇸🇪 VS. Karsten Warholm 🇳🇴 over 100m!
This clash between the World Record holders in the Pole Vault & 400mH respectively is set to take place at the Zurich Diamond League on September 4.
Who do you think will win this one? pic.twitter.com/GAg9hR5qa1
Warholm's last documented men's 100m was in 2017, where he timed 10.49 seconds. That's around Duplantis' personal best time. The pole vaulter posted 10.57 in his final year at a high school in the USA, where he grew up, in 2018.
Duplantis has previously expressed a desire to compete in sprint relays for Sweden in addition to pole vaulting.
"I would have loved to do that. And I would love to be part of breaking the Swedish record."
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