Mondo Duplantis, the record-breaking pole vaulter, proved that he has the speed to match after taking on 400m world record holderKarsten Warholmin a100m sprint.
In a surprising showdown at the Zurich Diamond League Weltklasse, the twoathletes sprintedalongside each other at Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, for an exhibition race on Wednesday, September 4.
The thrilling race saw both the sports stars clock their personal best times.
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Pole vault championMondo Duplantissurprised the audience while competing against 400m world record holderKarsten Warholmin a100m sprint
The Swedishpole vaulterfinished the race in just 10.37 seconds, while his Norwegian opponent clocked a time of 10.47 seconds.
As the athletes registered their personal best times, they would have both qualified from the preliminary round of the 100m at theParis Olympics.
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🗣️ “I can do something like this again. I heard that@GoSydGogot kicked out of Brussels, so if she wants to race maybe a 400m we’ll do an extra event, maybe we’ll fix that.”
With one 400mH world record holder already taken down,@mondohoss600is ready to take on the next one 👀…pic.twitter.com/Cy0nBbdcLh
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“I’m pretty fired up. How could I not be?” Mondo told reporters after he crossed the finish line. “Stop playing with me!”
“You know, I’ve got to give it to Mondo. He beat me today, fair and square, so it was a great race,” Karsten said. “He was out the blocks so fast. He was out really sharp.”
Netizens were impressed to see theoutcome of the race.
“Good stuff. I’d love to see them do this again… this time over 200m,” one person said, while another wrote, “Bro is completing side quests atm.”
“I’m pretty fired up. How could I not be?” the pole vault champion said after crossing the finish line. “Stop playing with me!”
Another wrote, “Karsten would probably have the edge over thelonger distance; or if not, it would probably be closer than today’s race was.”
Mondo has made quite the mark in the field ofpole vaultingand has set 10 world records. He set a 6.25m at the 2024 Paris Olympics and then broke the record with 6.26m in the Diamond League in Poland just weeks later.
Karsten is the current world record-holder in the 400m hurdles and won gold at the 2020Tokyo Olympicswith a time of 45.94 seconds. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, he won silver with a time of 46.46 seconds.
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