{"id":19098,"date":"2025-09-14T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19098"},"modified":"2025-09-14T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T09:04:10","slug":"duplantis-warholm-and-strong-100m-hurdles-headline-day-3-of-tokyo-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=19098","title":{"rendered":"Duplantis, Warholm and strong 100m hurdles headline Day 3 of Tokyo worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pole vaulting legend Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and 400m hurdles master Karsten Warholm will be on show on the third day of competition of the world championships on Monday.<\/p>\n

On a day that features five finals, including the men’s marathon in the morning, American Masai Russell also headlines an incredibly strong line-up in the 100m hurdles.<\/p>\n

AFP Sport looks at three stand-out events:<\/p>\n

Duplantis in pole vault\u00a0<\/p>\n

Duplantis has set a remarkable 13 world records in the pole vault, a discipline he has totally dominated and in which he very rarely loses.<\/p>\n

Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, however, has hit a streak of form that ensures that the US-born Swede has to keep his wits about him.<\/p>\n

In such a technical event, one moment of complacency could be costly.<\/p>\n

“Emmmanouil is jumping unreal right now, his progression is insane,” admitted Duplantis after sailing through qualification.<\/p>\n

“I am going to have to be on my A-game on Monday because I know he is going to push me very hard. I know I’m going to need a real class performance, but I am ready for it.”<\/p>\n

Duplantis also warned that a push at a new world record could be on the cards.<\/p>\n

“I’d be lying if I said my mind wasn’t flirting with 6.30m. I think it’s very possible.”<\/p>\n

Karalis added: “I am trying to push Mondo as high as he can go and the same for myself!”<\/p>\n

Warholm makes entry\u00a0<\/p>\n

The iconic image of Warholm streaking through the finish line at the Covid-delayed Tokyo Olympics in a world record time for hurdles gold was one of the most enduring from those Games.<\/p>\n

He ripped open his running singlet in sheer exultation as the record time was flashed up on the board, and the Norwegian — later pictured wearing a plastic Viking helmet — became an instant sensation.<\/p>\n

Warholm is back to some of his best form this season. He stormed to victory at the Silesia Diamond League in an astonishing 46.28 seconds.<\/p>\n

It was the third fastest time ever run over the distance, topped only by Warholm’s own world record of 45.94sec and American Rai Benjamin’s 46.19sec.<\/p>\n

“This was a very good start to the second half of my season. I think it is promising towards Tokyo,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I’m on the right path for Tokyo. I have three titles as world champions and I want more. I’m greedy.”<\/p>\n

After Monday’s heats, semi-finals are slated for Wednesday with the final on Friday.<\/p>\n

Russell head strong 100m hurdles\u00a0<\/p>\n

Russell has warned that the world record in the 100m hurdles could well fall, such is the strength in depth and unpredictablility in the event.<\/p>\n

Seven different women have won Diamond League races this season and four of the seven fastest athletes of all time are in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

American Grace Stark has won three times on the circuit, while Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent has two wins to her name.<\/p>\n

Russell is the world leader and she heads to Tokyo with the second-fastest 100m hurdles of all time to her name — 12.17 set in May — and that forms part of a packed season of 24 races that began in January.<\/p>\n

She also set a Diamond League record of 12.19 in Silesia.<\/p>\n

There’s also the experienced defending champion, Danielle Williams from Jamaica. And Nigerian Tobi Amusan has a chance to reclaim the title she won in 2022 in Eugene, where she clocked her world record of 12.12.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pole vaulting legend Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and 400m hurdles master Karsten Warholm will be on show on the third day of competition of the world championships on Monday. On a day that features five finals, including the men’s marathon in the morning, American Masai Russell also headlines an incredibly strong line-up in the 100m hurdles. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}