The extraterrestrial Swedish jumper knows no fatigue and has set the tenth world record of his career.
Armand Duplantis understands a Chorzów during a wonderful race pole vaulting from Diamond Leagueelse world record by measurement 6.26 A few weeks after his Olympic title-winning 6.25 in Paris, he passed on his second attempt, perhaps spurred on by his rivals, who had already cleared the 6-meter mark of perfection without ever bothering him. american Sam Kendricks And the Greek gets it in the second attempt Emmanuel Karalis third, improved by 7 centimeters for a new national record.
The phenomenal Swedish jumper competes for the third time in a row at the Memorial Skolimowska in Chorzow, after successes of 6.10m in 2022 and 6.01m in 2023, and is very much connected to Poland, as in February 2020 he his first world record overcome 6.17 at the meeting Grandson.
Son of former pole vaulter Greg Duplantis, the second winningest pole vaulter in history two successive editions from olympics Following the American Bob Richards in the Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956 editions, he passed with today 6-meter hurdle 89 times in his career and he is one of the most successful athletes in the history of the Diamond League, because if he had also won the final in Brussels, he would have won four, approaching Renaud Lavillenie’s record of success with seven diamond trophies.
STATEMENTS OF DUPLANTIS
“It’s almost a strange and unnatural feeling to feel the love and support of the crowd when I compete, and I see it especially in Poland. I broke my first world record in 2020 when I jumped 6.17m in Toruń, Poland, and so I I did it, great memories, the platform was great, the conditions were perfect, it allowed me to break another record, I know a lot of people came here to see me jump and I wanted to put on a great show for them. that came naturally, I’ve never had a perfect jump, so I always think I can do better.”