Watch: Mondo Duplantis gets cold reply from Noah Lyles over viral post-race shove - ‘That was kinda crazy'
Mondo Duplantis, the pole vault world record holder, playfully questioned Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles about a recent incident during a news conference in Poland.
The incident involved a shove from Kenny Bednarek after Lyles won the 200 at the United States national championships two weeks ago.
During the conference, which included multiple athletes but not Bednarek, Duplantis addressed Lyles directly about the post-race confrontation: "I want to ask Noah about, like, that stare down and that push, because that (expletive) was kinda crazy game."
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"As coach said: No comment," Lyles replied, to laughter in the room.
"Fair enough, fair enough. I enjoyed it, though, I enjoyed it," Duplantis responded.
When Lyles got his turn to question Duplantis, he requested him not to set another world record on Saturday to give others a chance at winning the ring for best performance.
"No comment, no comment," the Swedish athlete, born in the US, replied.
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Duplantis had just set his 13th world record in Hungary, achieving 6.29 meters. He had previously set a record in Poland last year with 6.26 meters, adding one centimeter to his Olympic gold-winning mark in Paris.
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The men's 100-meter race emerges as Saturday's main attraction, though Bednarek has reportedly reconciled with Lyles after a lengthy discussion.
This will mark the first 100-meter race between Lyles and Kishane Thompson since Paris, where Lyles won gold by five-thousandths of a second, with both recording 9.79 seconds.
Thompson currently holds this year's fastest time globally at 9.75, set in Kingston during June.
Bednarek ranks second in season timings at 9.79, achieved while winning the U.S. national title. Lyles skipped this event due to his automatic entry for Tokyo as the defending champion from 2023.
"You basically have the Olympic final maybe missing two people, adding in some just as fast people. It's going to be good, regardless," said Lyles.
"Of course, having Kishane there makes it even better."
Lyles's best time this season stands at 10 seconds flat, achieved in London last month.
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