Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis beat 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm in a 100m exhibition race in Zurich.
Sweden’s Duplantis clocked 10.37 seconds after main out of the blocks and was in a position to stare down his good friend as he crossed the road.
Norwegian Warholm completed in 10.47 seconds, with each athletes recording private bests.
The pair raced at Letzigrund Stadium, the place each will compete of their common occasions within the Diamond League assembly on Thursday.
“I am fairly fired up,” stated Duplantis, 24, after his victory.
“How may I not be? I imply, come on, cease enjoying with me.”
Each athletes entered the observe in boxing robes, with Duplantis in blue and Warholm in crimson.
After profitable, Duplantis introduced Warholm with a Sweden jersey to put on within the 400m hurdles Diamond League race.
“I received to present it to Mondo, he beat me, honest and sq., so it was an ideal race,” stated Warholm, 28.
“He was out the blocks quick. He was out actually sharp.”
Each Duplantis and Warholm would have certified from the preliminary spherical of the lads’s 100m on the 2024 Paris Olympics with their respective instances.
Duplantis defended his Olympic title in Paris, additionally setting a world file, earlier than bettering his mark but once more by leaping 6.26m on the Diamond League assembly in Silesia final month.
Warholm is the world file holder and a three-time world champion within the 400m hurdles however was unable to defend the Olympic title he received at Tokyo 2020 on the current Video games as he completed second behind American Rai Benjamin.
Duplantis beforehand has a private better of 10.57 seconds at highschool in the US in 2018, whereas Warholm’s earlier recorded 100m was in 2017 when he clocked 10.49 seconds.
