Armand Duplantis beat his mental world record again, three weeks after the Olympic Games – Libération

2024-08-25 16:28:33

The Swede improved his pole vault world record by placing this Sunday, August 25, on the second attempt, a bar of 6.26 m at the Diamond League meeting in Chorzow, Poland.

A small centimeter that makes the difference. Swede Armand Duplantis improved the mental world record by lifting this Sunday, August 25, on the second attempt, a bar to 6.26 m at the Diamond League meeting in Chorzow, Poland. Holder of the world record in his discipline since February 2020 and a jump of 6.17 m in Torun, previously in Poland, “Mondo” Duplantis erased the best mark in history for the tenth time, twenty days after his last record of 6.25 m established at the Paris Olympics.

Having reached the new crown in Paris, the Swede cleared 6.15 m on Wednesday at the Lausanne meeting, without having “You are trained” from the end of the Olympics. In Silesia on Sunday, Armand Duplantis passed on the first attempt at 5.62 m then 5.92 m and 6.00 m to take the championship lead ahead of American Sam Kendricks and Greek Emmanouil Karalis, before facing his world record.

On his first attempt at 6.26 m, Duplantis missed his jump, passing under the tree before correcting the situation on his second attempt, where he touched the tree but without falling, under the eyes of the record holder. Former international Renaud Lavillenie, also participated. in Chorzów.