UNBELIEVABLE! Armand Duplantis BEATS hurdler Karsten Warholm in 100 m

Armand Duplantis got the better of carsten warholm in an intriguing battle to see who was the fastest man over 100 meters in Zurich on Wednesday night getting out of the blocks incredibly well for a man who usually Sprints from an upright starting position holding a pole Duplantis LED from the word go and Warhol was unable to reel in his rival as the line approached that bit sooner than he is used to in the hotly anticipated special event attended by some of this year hottest Sprint Stars the duo initially came out in boxers silk robes as the tension built perfectly with the two stars playing their part in hyping up the crowd on the eve of the latest Diamond League meeting the two superstars had agreed to the one-off race to see who was the faster Sprinter Norwegian 400 m hurdle star warholm or Swedish pole vating Legend Duplantis the forfeit for the loser is to compete tomorrow wearing the winners national colors both are world record holders in their own event both Olympic gold medalists both superstars it's easy to see why this race was sold out with the crowd full of anticipation for The Showdown the background to the race was as fascinating as the characters themselves a social media clip appearing a year ago where the race was mooded discussed and shaken on I'll give you a pair of the spikes that I use so you can't have any excuses warholm said to which Duplantis replied I'm not saying I'm going to kick Carston's ass but I am saying I'll give you a good run for your money it would be more embarrassing for me if you beat me so I have everything to lose warholm added exactly I'm running free joked Duplantis in response and that it seemed was that with Duplantis then going on to win Olympic gold at a relative caner in Paris with a world record to boot before breaking his own world record again a couple of weeks later it was clear he was in the form of his life heading into this race warholm was beaten to Gold by Kai Benjamin of the United States in Paris although he remains the world record holder with a time of 45.94 second set at Tokyo and he took the win at the most recent Diamond League meeting in Poland going into the race warhol's 100 m best was at 10.49 seconds from 2017 while Duplantis set a 10.57 back in 2018 but on a slightly chilly Wednesday evening it was Duplantis who triumphed by just one tenth of a second running an unbelievable 10.37 seconds warh home recording a personal best 10.47 seconds behind those times are impressive full stop but considering the conditions it is clear that both athletes are multi-talented with dupon having said in the past he'd consider running for Sweden in the relays I'm pretty fired up how could I not be duplant said after winning with warholm graciously saying he was beaten fair and square