10”37. This is not Mondo Duplantis’ new pole vault record, but the time he set for his 100m victory. On Wednesday, September 4, in the Letzigrund stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, the Swedish Olympic champion treated himself to the luxury of running against his Norwegian friend Karsten Warholm, three-time world champion in the 400m hurdles. A challenge that the two friends had set themselves a few months earlier.
After the gold in Paris, where he won his second Olympic title with a 6.25 m bar, then a world record broken on August 25 at 6.26 in Poland, Mondo Duplantis settled into the starting blocks in Switzerland. An entrance worthy of a great boxing match, light shows, everything was done to magnify this friendly duel in front of around 2,500 spectators.
10.37! MONDO DUPLANTIS TAKES DOWN KARSTEN WARHOLM IN THE 100M EXHIBITION RACE IN ZURICH.
10.47 FOR WARHOLM IN SECOND.
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They are placed in lanes 5 and 6 in the middle of the track. The Swede makes a cannon start, without ever letting the Norwegian regain the advantage. The latter finishes in 10”47. “I train much more for sprinting than people think and I have done nothing else since the Olympics except for my meetings. And I would never have challenged Karsten if I didn’t think I could win,” explained the champion. […] Read more
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