Mondo Duplantis, the world document holder within the pole vault, proved he’s greater than only a one-trick pony on Wednesday evening in Zurich. He defeated Norway’s Karsten Warholm in a 100-metre showdown. Duplantis clocked a formidable 10.37 seconds, edging out Warholm, the 400m hurdles world document holder, by a tenth of a second.
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The primary query main as much as the race was whether or not Duplantis might deal with the beginning blocks. He silenced doubters by taking the lead from the gun and sustaining it to the end. Warholm completed in a private greatest time of 10.47 seconds, enhancing on his earlier mark of 10.49 seconds set in 2017. Duplantis’s earlier greatest was 10.57 seconds, achieved in his ultimate 12 months of highschool in 2018.
With the victory, Duplantis not solely ensured Scandinavian bragging rights but in addition received a pleasant wager in opposition to the Norwegian. As a part of their wager, Warholm will now should put on a Swedish package throughout his 400m hurdles competitors at Thursday’s Zurich Diamond League meet. In the meantime, Duplantis may have a brand new swagger about him within the pole vault.
The problem between the 2 athletes originated from some playful banter on the Monaco Diamond League meet in July 2023. Warholm had remarked that Duplantis seemed quick, prompting the Swedish vaulter to problem him to a race. Warholm, by no means one to again down, accepted the problem, saying, “With my ego and the way extremely I consider myself, I wanted to just accept.”
Since bursting onto the scene on the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Duplantis has persistently sought new challenges, even difficult former Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
