– Next to the Olympics, it is perhaps the second biggest prestigious competition I will go through this year. And it will be a battle, Karsten Warholm told news the same evening that he got his Olympic silver in Paris. He talked about the super duel that will take place in Zurich on Wednesday 4 September: Then the world record holder in the 400 meter hurdles will meet the world record holder in the pole vault, Armand Duplantis, in a duel over 100 metres. Photo: Screen dump The race has not unexpectedly become a big topic of conversation in the international athletics community. The renowned athletics website Citius Mag asked its followers on X, formerly Twitter, who they thought would win. Well 2,600 responded. 54 percent believe in Duplantis, 46 percent in Warholm. The investigation has not gone unnoticed. – 54 per cent are wrong, comments the American sprint legend Michael Johnson, who is a former world record holder in both 200 and 400 metres. Who will win the 100 meters? Karsten Warholm Armand Duplantis Show result Warholm: “Do you buy votes?” When the organizers in Zurich asked the same question to their followers on Instagram, a whopping 67 percent answered that they believed in victory for Duplantis. Warholm shared the result with the following comment: “Are you buying votes, Duplantis?” BEAT BACK: Karsten Warholm had to settle for silver in the Olympics, but set a voting record in Chorzów on Sunday. Photo: Aleksandra Szmigiel / Reuters Warholm says to news: – I think I’m still a bit of an “underdog” in the athletics environment. Duplantis has also caught up with the opinion polls. – I think that one was because I won in the Olympics. Nowadays, I’m perhaps a little more “poppy” than Karsten. He also did well, but I did something a little more special with the world record, says the Swedish-American to news. Both add a lot of prestige to the race. But none of them have prepared themselves as if Olympic gold is at stake. Party until 6.25 Duplantis treated himself to a good party after the Olympic gold in Paris. – I think about six. Type six. No, not six, but more like 6.25, a grinning Duplantis replied to SVT the morning after the golden night in Paris – when asked when the party ended. It was only one of the interviews that went viral. And which he never wants to see again. Armand Duplantis celebrated his Olympic gold and world record late into the night. Because after he won Olympic gold and set a world record with just 6.25 meters in the pole vault, he partied until sunrise. He didn’t get more than a few minutes in the eye before he stood up in front of the microphones for, among others, Max and SVT. – I was “behind”. I had so much adrenaline, so the day still worked. I drove hard, drove full speed that night after the gold. It was a bit difficult with the interview the following days, but that’s how it is. YOLO, smiles Duplantis to news. The Swede went straight on a small holiday trip to Greece with his girlfriend Desiré Inglander, but quickly found the poles again. The Diamond League event in Lausanne was won at 6.15 metres, while in Chorzów another new world record was set: 6.26 metres. Drops training with poles The eccentricities almost seem to have done him more good than harm. – No, it doesn’t matter. There is one month to relax. I feel ready. I feel ready for 100 metres, insists Duplantis, who only jumps the pole in competition at the end of the season. SHOWING MUSCLES: Armand Duplantis set his 10th world record in the pole vault in Poland. The first came in 2020. Photo: Aleksandra Szmigiel / Reuters He spends the rest of the time preparing for the 100 meter duel against Warholm. – Now I have three competitions left. I’m not going to jump, I’m just going to do sprint training. I have a lot of focus on the race. Warholm, on the other hand, went for a far more measured celebration in Paris. – That’s the limit of how happy I am to celebrate silver for my own part. I had a pleasant evening. It is important to think that a silver medal is not a crisis in an Olympics, he says to news. Warholm does not think the rival will be significantly weakened by the excesses before they meet for the star duel in the 100 meters in Zurich. – It is very legal. He is almost committed to the program when things are going so well. Done right, says Warholm, who hasn’t had the pleasure of being able to enter 100 meter-specific sessions quite yet. He ran to victory in the 400 meter hurdles in Poland, and is scheduled to run the same distance the day after the duel in Zurich. Warholm best “pers” Duplantis is going to be the fastest pole vaulter in the world. When he was 18 years old, he ran the 100 meters in 10.57 seconds in 0.1 second meter for a lot of tailwind. His official personal best is 10.69. DOCTOR SPRINT: Leif Olav Alnes trained Geir Moen to gold in the 200 meters in the EC outdoor and WC indoor around 30 years ago. Photo: Lise Åserud / NTB Warholm has sprinted in 10.49 seconds indoors as a 20-year-old. Both have probably gotten faster over the years, but no one knows exactly how much. Warholm coach Leif Olav Alnes, who earlier in his career went by the nickname “Doctor Sprint”, does not think the student gets to use his full potential as a sprinter in the duel. But he is happy to see. – They have believed in themselves, both of them. It’s a great entrance, so we’ll see what the reality will be, says Alnes to news. PS! The super duel will take place on Wednesday 4 August at Letzigründ in Zurich, the day before the Diamond League vote in the same city. Published 28.08.2024, at 08.13 Updated 28.08.2024, at 08.34
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