A collaboration between PUMA, Red Bull and Weltklasse In Zurich, the two athletics stars will face off at the legendary Letzigrund Stadium on Wednesday 4 September, with a Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League match taking place the following day. The event will mark the culmination of a long-running rivalry between the two iconic athletes that has been simmering since July 2023.
Last summer, a short video shared on social media of the pair discussing the possibility of racing each other sent sports fans around the world into a frenzy of excitement, and now that tantalizing possibility has become a reality, with the two stars going head-to-head over the deciding sprint distance to see who is truly faster.
Warholm is the current world record holder in the 400m hurdles, an Olympic gold and silver medalist and three-time world champion, while Duplantis is a newly reigning two-time Olympic champion and has broken the pole vault world record an astounding nine times.
Though the two superstars compete in different events, their respective personal bests in the 100 meters aren't that far apart — Warholm ran 10.49 seconds in 2017, while Duplantis ran 10.57 just a year later as a high school senior — making this a race that's highly unpredictable and all the more exciting for spectators hoping for a night of great action.
