Team Norway athletes Li Benjamin and Karsten Warholm. (Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images/Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
People don’t get enough jokes between the two contestants taking part in the World Athletics Championships.
The men’s 400-meter hurdle final will be held in Tokyo on Friday (September 19th).
However, the spotlight comes from two competitors, Norway’s Karsten Warholm and US’ Leibenjamin. why? Because their friendly rivalry has the internet in tears of laughter.
Along with Warholm, who won gold medals at the last three World Championships, he won gold at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, and silver at the 2024 Paris Games, and Benjamin, who beat Gold at the 2024 Paris Games, is the three guys that Brazil’s Allison Dos Santos is also visible on Friday after winning silver in Tokyo. Santos won bronze medals in Tokyo and Paris.

In an interview, Warholm was asked about the showdown between Benjamin and Santos, saying, “We’ll see if it will turn into a good old dick measurement contest.”
When informed of the comment from the reporter, Benjamin replied:
😅🤣😂😂🤣
– chukdrid cf (@chukdrid) September 17, 2025
Comments in response to the joke confirm that it is part of what sports fans have missed.
One person wrote it reddit: “This is a kind of kidding track and field needs.”
Another wrote: “Freak and the Field.”
Someone else said about the competition: “To be honest, I don’t know who won the two. So far, the closest 50/50 of these champions is for me.”
“They say that for scientific purposes they shouldn’t measure their penis, they say that it’s interesting research to do,” joked another.
Benjamin said in an interview On Wednesday (September 17), he is ready for another “historic” battle between Warholm and Santos.
“I hope it’s historical. I hope it’s on the right side of history this time. I’m never going to come here and be on the wrong side of history.”
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