The 2 world record-holders will go head-to-head over a 100m dash in September
Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm and Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis are gearing up for an thrilling head-to-head dash at Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich.
The extremely anticipated conflict will happen on September 4, simply in the future earlier than the Zurich Diamond League – ending months of hypothesis about their showdown.
Duplantis, contemporary off a stellar efficiency in Paris, efficiently defended his Olympic title by setting a world file of 6.25m within the pole vault.
Previous to this, the 24-year-old had already damaged the Olympic file by clearing 6.10m on the Stade de France and achieved the world file on his third try.
Mondo Duplantis (Getty)
The 2-time world champion has now damaged the world file on 9 events and is the primary athlete to retain his pole vault title since American Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956.
He first broke the world file when it stood at 6.16m in Poland in February 2020 and he broke it once more one week later in Glasgow on the Muller Indoor Grand Prix.
In the meantime, Warholm, the 400m hurdles world record-holder, misplaced his Olympic title in Paris to the USA’s Rai Benjamin. Warholm completed with a silver medal, clocking 47.06, whereas Benjamin gained gold with a world-leading time of 46.46 and Alison dos Santos from Brazil got here third.
After an error on hurdle 9, Warholm wasn’t in a position to match his season’s better of 46.70 in Paris. He had lately gained his third consecutive European 400m hurdles title in June as he broke his personal championship file with 46.98.
Karsten Warholm (Getty)
The thought for the conflict between the pair originated from a video shared on social medal in July 2023, the place the 2 athletes mentioned the potential of racing one another.
Now, that dialog has become actuality, with the showdown being hosted in collaboration with Puma, Pink Bull and Weltklasse Zurich.
Regardless of competing in several occasions, their 100m private bests are surprisingly shut. Warholm recorded 10.49 seconds in 2017, whereas Duplantis clocked 10.57 as a highschool senior in 2018.
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