– I think to be honest with each other, there is an internal beef between all of us. I don’t fuck. Even if we shake each other’s knuckles and wish each other luck, something is going on in the back of our heads, says McMaster to news, before revealing his thoughts: – “Bro, I’m going to take you today”. McMaster took a surprising WC silver ahead of reigning world champion Alison Dos Santos and Olympic silver medalist Rai Benjamin. He then beat Warholm in Zurich. When he met news in the press zone after the race, he was on a high. – We know that when we are physically ready, it will be a dogfight every time between the four of us. I think it’s about the internal beef that you don’t need to talk about, but that you know is there, says McMaster, who comes from the British Virgin Islands. READY FOR BIKKJES GOALS: Karsten Warholm hides neither from the sun nor from the competitors, while his heat-sensitive trainer Leif Olav Alnes is enjoying himself in the shade at Hayward Field. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news – Comfortable position On Saturday, he meets Warholm for the last duel of the year in last year’s WC city, Eugene. The Norwegian has been in place for six days already, together with trainer Leif Olav Alnes. They are practically acclimatised and ready to end the season on a high. – I want to win the Diamond League final. It will perhaps be the toughest field that has been in any final I have raced in before, so I will have to work hard for it, says Warholm to news. These are running the Diamond League Finals Men’s 400m Hurdles Final: CJ Allen, USA Trevor Bassitt, USA Rai Benjamin, USA Alison Dos Santos, Brazil Wilfried Happio, France Rasmus Mägi, Estonia Kyron McMaster, British Virgin Islands Ludvy Vaillant, France Karsten Warholm, Norway He pulls a smile when he hears what McMaster has said about his main rivals: – It’s a hugely “competitive” branch, quite frankly. Maybe they are more aware that they have to get into my head than the other way around, says Warholm – and continues: – I honestly believe, with all the merits and championships we have won against them, in recent years, that we are in a slightly more comfortable position in this “beef”, if one should call it that. I have respect for them, but of course I do everything I can to beat them. – Bikkjeslagsmål The 27-year-old from Ulsteinvik calls it healthy and good competition. He never shies away from duels. And mostly he is the one who emerges victorious, as he has proven in three World Cups and one Olympics. He prefers to decide the battle against the competitors on the pitch. – No one is going to get anything for free from me. When you enter the stadium, before the race, it’s time to get serious. That’s how I like it. And Kyron McMaster seems to be of the same opinion: – It will always be a little fight. Karsten Warholm ends the season with the 400 meter hurdles in Eugene on Saturday, at 21.04. The broadcast starts on news 2 from 21.00.
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