Karsten Warholm humbled Armand Duplantis, representative of the field sport, in the 100-meter run at the Zurich stadium.
Athletics superstars by Armand Duplantis and Karsten Warholm The 100-meter sprint duel between
In the long-awaited sprint race, Duplantis beat Warholm. The Swede’s time in permitted conditions in the hundred was 10.37, while the Norwegian’s time was 10.47. Both set their own records. “Mondo” would have achieved silver in his country’s championships in time.
– It was great! How could it not have been in such circumstances, noted Duplantis, who will present Warholm with the Swedish national team jersey, which the Norwegian will have to compete in due to his loss on Thursday.
– He beat me by a lot. The departure was decisive, “Mondo” left the racks very quickly, Warholm stated in the field interview.
In the comparisons of the records, an even result was expected in advance. Warholm had run 100 in 10.49 in 2017 and Duplantis had bested a time of 10.57 in 2018 as a high school student.
The audience at the Zurich stadium voted about 70 percent in the victory of “Mondo” Duplantis.
Duplantis, 24, who overwhelmingly won the pole vault Olympic gold, went wild at the Paris Olympics by surpassing the world record 625 at the end of the pole vault final. Even after that, “Mondo” has improved his ME to 626 in the Polish Diamond League competition on August 25.
Warholm won the Olympic silver in the 400-meter hurdles in Paris, when the USA Ray Benjamin beat the Norwegian. 28-year-old Warholm ran a phenomenal ME time of 45.94 at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago.
Duplantis was only interested in winning
– Time has no meaning for me. If I run 10.30 and lose, that’s worse than running 10.60 and winning the race. Only winning matters to me and being the first to the finish line, Duplantis emphasized before the run.
The idea of the 100-meter runner started a little over a year ago in the summer, when the two discussed it on social media. When their exchange of ideas aroused widespread interest, the star duo decided to implement their idea.
The women’s pole vault competition belonging to the Diamond League was also contested at the Zurich train station today, which was won by Australia, which celebrated its Olympic victory in Paris Nina Kennedy with a score of 487 ahead of the 482 who crossed Canada Alysha Newman and the United States Katie Moon.
Other athletics events will be held at the stadium on Thursday, September 5 – including Warholm’s track circuit hurdles and Duplantis’ pole vaulting.