Remarkably it was the ninth time the US-born Swede had broken the record.
SWEDEN ’S ARMAND DUPLANTIS improved his own world record en route to retaining his Olympic pole vault title in Paris on Monday.
The gold meant Duplantis became the first man to retain the pole vault title since American Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956. — Eurosport France August 5, 2024 Advertisement Draped in the Swedish flag and with Abba’s “Dancing Queen” booming around the stadium, Duplantis made an emotional lap of the track.
The Swede came in at 5.70m, sailing over with no problem. He skipped 5.80m, by which time four athletes had dropped out.Duplantis then cleared 5.85m in his second vault of the night by a considerable margin.That proved too much for the rest of the field as Australian Kurtis Marschall, Turkey’s Ersu Sasma, Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines and Karalis fell by the wayside.The bar was raised to 6.00m. First up was Kendricks, but he brought down the bar.
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