MONDO says he will race SML over 400m!

Mondo must have been jacked up on Red Bull to even consider it, right?

He said his legs were getting heavy at the end of that 100m. What will happen to him in a 400m?

This would be an epic close to the season.

Just to add… I’d like to see what he could do soon. I’d rather they not deliberate about it and think about it and maybe do it some time off into the future. Then he would practice pacing, if it ever even happened. It was the last minute cancellation of SML at the DL final that presents the potential opportunity.

I don’t know what his run training is like up to this point. I find this matchup even more intriguing than his 100m dash against Warholm.

serious question, will SML's time count as official if there are men in the race?

Ahhh…she does like to run for WR’s, afterall.

Somehow the money would need to come together soon to see this match race go off.

Is Mondo currently capable of breaking 49?

I don't think that we should get ahead of ourselves here he hasn't talked to Sydney and i don't think she would agree (could be wrong here tho) but Mondo has also been training for the 100 which is crazy different from the 400 let alone he has his own event to worry about in Brussels being the pole vault where even with how dominant he is i don't think it would be easy to back it up post 400m but by all means i would be happy to be proved wrong

I know, it’s hilariously insane! She is the one that would probably demand a huge sum to even consider it, but what does she have to lose?

It’s the total uncertainty of what time he can run that makes this a wowser, and would be a big mind game for both of them.

He said maybe they could do it either before or after the DL final, like he doesn’t even give the pole vault second thought.

She might want to be on an inner lane. His best chance would be starting behind her on an inside lane, in order to rely upon her pacing, and hope to kick her down in the final stretch.

Whereas, surely she would be thinking “I’d love to see this guy try and end up tying up.”🤣

Femke might take him up on it, but that matchup, interesting it may be, would not have the same appeal.

They are good friends so I doubt it would happen. Too awkward later because Duplantis, Femke and Broeders spend lots of time together during pre meet warmups, etc.

they can't race because they're friends? if anything it makes the pre meet warmup chat better.

i'd love to see him race Femke or Syd even if he would get smoked.

Why? Femke is more known than Sydney worldwide

I was primarily thinking of the aspect of having the WR holder going up against WR holder.

The other thing that would make this interesting is doing it soon, when Mondo doesn’t have months to prepare beforehand. SML is fit and available, whereas, Femke probably wouldn’t want it to mess up her DL final.

But this challenge may get the gears turning to consider something in the future.

Maybe Mondo thought in the back of his mind when he said it that there was practically zero chance SML would accept the challenge?

After the results of the Paris Olympics, surely worldwide folks know who SML is.

Exactly, Bol is known for folding under pressure when racing with Sydney.

I think it's plausible that Mondo could beat SML in a 400m, but I don't see what she'd have to gain by doing it. If it was some event she didn't have any experience with, maybe, but otherwise if he beats her it's just a reminder that women's times are slower. Have them do a LJ or a HJ, that'd be different.

Bro, please. Hail Queen Sydney.

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He’s turning himself into Jake Paul. Maybe he can take on Bolt, next.

Presumably it would allow her to still run the 400m in beglium and get paid for it. That's a decent gain. She could double in the 200m against hocker.