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It’s starting to smell like a super duel between Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Armand Duplantis.
Now the sprint star also starts psychological warfare against “Mondo”.
– Does he say that?! I don’t believe him, says Fraser-Pryce in C More.
Soon it may become a reality. When two of athletics’ absolute biggest names in Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Armand Duplantis settle in a rarely seen duel.
New psychic war
A week ago, in any case, the idea of a great one was born when the Jamaican suddenly challenged “Mondo” and asked how fast he runs 100 meters.
– I would beat you, Duplantis then replied.
On Thursday night, both Fraser-Pryce and Duplantis posted big wins in the Diamond League finals in Zurich. After the competition, the potential duel came up again when the sprint star started a psychological war against the Swede.
– His only chance is if he can use the stick and catapult himself to a 45-meter lead. Otherwise, he has no chance of catching up with me, she says in C More.
Mondo’s answer
Duplantis has previously claimed that he can run 100 meters in around 10.30. Fraser-Pryce won Thursday’s final race in a time of 10.65 and she certainly doesn’t buy the words from “Mondo”.
– Does he say that!? I don’t believe him, I want to see that in that case. I rather believe in around 10.60-10.70 there somewhere, she tells gathered journalists.
It didn’t take long before Armand Duplantis heard the Jamaican’s new fit for him. Of course, he offers a cocky answer that really paves the way for the duel to end.
– Really, if she wants to do this, we’ll work it out. If she is serious, I am serious, he tells Sportbladet.
– We can drive tomorrow, it doesn’t matter to me. I’m ready, really.
But it is really unclear when this hyped-up duel between the superstars can actually take place.
– He has an indoor season to think about, but we have to try to find a time that suits us both. Maybe March-April there sometime, says Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
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