Swedish Armand Duplantis did not fail and signed the best brand in the world of the yearafter prevailing this Tuesday in the pole vault test of the meeting of Ostrava (Czech Republic), eleventh round of the world gold circuit, with the best attempt at 6.12 meters.
A height that allowed the Scandinavian, universal record holder in the specialty, to improve by one centimeter the best course record so far, the 6.11 meters achieved by Duplantis himself on June 4 in the Dutch town of Hengelo.
It was a sign that the Swedish pole vaulter, current Olympic and world champion, tried to improve even more after asking that the bar be raised to 6.17 meters, a height that only Duplantis was able to overcome throughout history.
In fact, the 23-year-old Swedish pole vaulter achieved his first world record in February 2020 after jumping 6.17 meters in the Polish city of Torun.
A brand that fought this Tuesday with an Armand Duplantis settled this Tuesday in Ostrava in a situation he is not used to, seeing himself removed from the first position in a tournament after signing a null in his first attempt at 5.90 meters.
The incident seemed to upset the Swede, who after clearing 5.90 in the second, jumped the first 6.00 and 6.12 meters to win another victory.
CROUSER MAKES THE 22 METERS ROUTINE
The other great star present at the “Golden Spike” in Ostrava, the American, did not disappoint either ryan crouserwhich set a new world record for the launch of weight with a mark of 23.56 meters.
This time, the American missed the twenty-three meter barrier, winning the victory with a record 22.63 in a contest in which Crouser went over 22 yards on four of his six throws.
An example of the regularity of the American pitcher, double Olympic champion, emerging as the undisputed favorite to reaffirm the gold he achieved last year in Eugene at the World Cups to be held next August in Budapest.
World Championships where the Czech Jakub Vadlejchcurrent Olympic runner-up in spearwill try to win his first universal title, after signing a new victory this season in Ostrava on Tuesday.
For this, Vadlejch did not even have to approach the 89.51 meters which put them as the world leader of the year, after beating Belgian Timothy Herman, second with 77.41 meters, with a best throw of 81.93.
Source: La Verdad
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