The matchup between Warholm and Duplantis was not Good for the sport

I agree it was a nonsense spectacle, and casual fans who have no clue of the gaping differences between the short and long sprints now think even higher of the pole vault when it is a joke of an event.

Warholm was probably nowhere near peak and running on habit, i.e. not exploding balls-to-the-wall just as a proper long-sprinter should.

Mondo's legs were probably heavy already, Warholm was just getting started.

No, this match up was very good for the sport. Going forward the Diamond League should add one such event in the programme. Imagine a 100m match up between Kylian Mbappe, Tyreek Hill, Kyle Walker, Carlos Alcaraz...This would remind everyone that running is at the heart of every major sport. In which other sport can you bring together people from various sporting codes to compete on an equal footing, without harming their brands in their sport of choice? Not to mention, that such a race would break the internet. We constantly complain that the sport is dying, well it's either you innovate, or start digging your grave

Nice to see you continuing your streak of idiotic hot takes

Why does it have to be a short sprint, i.e., 100m, in which you barely break a sweat? Why not a 400m? The latter speaks way more than a 100m every could since it measures more attributes and would be much more entertaining.

Wouldn't it be awesome to see those "famous" athletes, like Mbappe, Tyreek etc. gut out an all-out 400m and keep fighting to win when their legs are jelly in the last 100m?

I loved it.

Very impressed by Mondo

I'm using 100m as an example. Also bearing in mind that you'd want to minimize risk of injuries, and the 400m does the exact opposite as you say.

Warholm is what he is and doesn't represent the best of pure speed in his event. Rai would wipe the mat with Mondo.

I enjoyed the spectacle of the event and wish we would see more, though I understand there can be much to lose for those who don't come out on top.

It was great for the sport. You however acted like a know it all and were wrong in your prediction.

I think it was good but ultimately it was competitors from two fairly irrelevant events going against each other. If Bolt and Farah had gone against each other over 600m a decade or so ago, that would have been much more fun and interesting.

Nowadays you'd want something like Noah Lyles versus Jakob Ingebrigtsen over some intermediate distance (maybe just go 600 again), although neither of them have the international recognition of Bolt and Farah. Shame it never happened. An opportunity missed.

It’s just a poor look and that’s exactly what I thought when the race is over. Beaten by a vaulter, running only 10.4. Bad publicity

"A" level sprinters are free to take his WR any time they want :)

Yes, we should have more of these “white only” 100m events

I don’t know why this got downvoted, Rai has run 10 flat and 19.9, he’s got way more flat speed than either of these guys. But Warholm has some insane speed endurance

Your posts aren’t good for this message board yet here you are.

I think it’s the opposite of what you say. People hate on Mondo because he keeps breaking the world record and think that it’s a weak event. This showed how talented of an athlete he really is

The pole vault is a joke of an event? What’s your reasoning behind this? It’s a highly technical event, probably one of the most technical out of all track and field. Duplantis is light years ahead of the next best. If it was a joke of an event that anyone could master wouldn’t you expect everyone could more or less jump the same height? Clearly that is not the case.

So you’re that guy, huh.

I am more going in on Warholm here than insulting Duplantis. Duplantis ran a great time, faster than I ever could run and he surprised me with his speed. But, as a world record holder Warholm needs to maintain an image that he is a freak of nature. Because running 400 in 45 seconds is exactly that, it’s not a fluke. If he ran 10.2 here it would put his event on a higher status, even maintain it on a high level of status from the recent performances we see . People would be like, “yeah what did you expect, this guy ran the 400 hurdles in 45 seconds, of course he’s going to have top speed.” But with this 10.4 high and being beaten by a vaulter it just makes him and his event look weak. There is absolutely no excuses to be this slow in a two man race as an image of your event and even an image as part of the sport.

The funny thing is a bunch of them could with one year of hurdles training. Thing is .... Most people don't want to pursue niche events. Imagine Jakob picking up racewalk. You get my point

Same exact analogy applies for Pole vault