Inget världsrekord – men väl Diamond League-seger
Stavhopparen Armand Duplantis hade vissa problem på Diamond League-tävlingen Bislett Games i Oslo.
Det blev inget världsrekord, vilket vissa hade hoppats, det blev inte heller världsårsbästa, vilket många nästan vant sig vid.
Men Duplantis insats räckte dock till seger. Hans andra försök på 6,01 lyckades, vilket gjorde att han vann med tio centimeters marginal till amerikanen Christopher Nilsen.
När segern var klar beordrade Duplantis upp ribban på 6,12 – men det ville sig inte riktigt i dag utan resulterade i tre rivningar.
För besväret fick Duplantis 10 000 dollar.
Armand Duplantis
Wikipedia (en)
Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.21 metres (20 ft 4+1⁄2 in) and 6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in)), the current Olympic and World outdoor and indoor champion, the current European champion, and the current Diamond League champion. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. Duplantis is a two-time European champion from 2018, when he set current world under-20 record, and from 2022. Indoors, he is 2022 World Indoor Championship and 2021 European Indoor Championship gold medallist.
Duplantis won title as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships. A year later, he placed third at the World U20 Championships. In 2017, he took the European U20 title, and the following year, World U20 title. Duplantis is also a two-time Diamond League champion.
Both European and World Athletics Male Rising Star of the Year in 2018, two years later he was voted World Male Athlete of the Year. For his 2022 season, which saw him breaking world records three times, becoming World outdoor and indoor champion, European and Diamond League champion, and clearing six-metre-plus 22 times, Duplantis was crowned both European and World Male Athlete of the Year. As of February 2023, he has cleared six metres or higher 60 times, the most of any athlete in history.
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