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Mondo Duplantis ran the 100m dash with Fred Kerley in a practice session ahead of the Diamond League finals in Brussels. Duplantis came fresh off his friendly 100m race with 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm, beating him in 10.37s at the Zurich Diamond League.
Duplantis, 24, widely regarded as the greatest pole vaulter in history, has had a phenomenal year, breaking the world record thrice in 2024. He first cleared 6.24m in the Xiamen Diamond League to set a new record for the eighth time. He reached 6.25m at the Paris Olympics and 6.26m at the Silesia Diamond League, marking his ninth and tenth record break, respectively.
The 24-year-old then took the 100m track to race British hurdler Karsten Warholm, a plan they agreed to at the Monaco Diamond League training session. Duplantis won the friendly 100m dash in 10.37s and also took victory in the pole vault.
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Fred Kerley, who coached the pole vaulter for his sprint race, accompanied him for the training session before the Brussels Diamond League rolled in. Mondo Duplantis shared a video in his Instagram post and paired it with a strong caption:
"Iron sharpens iron"
Kerley finished fourth in the 200m at the Zurich Diamond League, narrowly missing out on the podium spot. He came fresh off his 100m bronze medal win at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
However, he took pride in his coaching debut after Duplantis clocked a faster time than Warholm in the friendly 100m dash.
"First dub as a coach," wrote Kerley in his X post.
In response, the pole vault world record holder showed respect with a salute and blue heart emoji.
In another X post, Mondo Duplantis was snapped perfecting the blocks as 'Coach Kerley' looked on. He captioned:
"It just means more"
Fred Kerley wouldn't be surprised if Mondo Duplantis clocks 10.1 or 10.0
After the highly contentious race between Warholm and the Swede, Kerley, who was part of the latter's walkout team, weighed in on his potential to make a career in sprinting.
"He did a great thing yesterday. I won't be surprised if he goes 10.1 or 10.0. 10.3 in that condition yesterday, standing around, I give him a 10.0 or 10.1," Kerley said to CITIUS Mag.
Mondo Duplantis also opened up about his blocks training with Kerley, expressing gratitude to the Olympic bronze medalist.
"So I pulled up on him at 2 o' clock, and then we did blocks together, and that was so necessary because I have been doing them by myself. You really cannot replicate the feeling of somebody on your side, and that was a lot of speed on my side, which was something I needed, and it felt right," he shared with CITIUS Mag. [1:56]
The two-time Olympic gold medalist will look to clear the world record mark for the eleventh time at the ultimate Diamond League stop in Brussels, scheduled on September 13-14, 2024.
