Swedish Armand Duplantispole vault world record holder, began the defense of his world crown by leading the qualifying round and reaching the final with a best jump of 5.75, a mark that earned him to win the procedure, which took almost as a training session, and think about his goals, the gold and the world record, one thing from his point of view “everything is possible”.
Duplantis, 23, collects trophies and medals at home. The first was gold at the U18 World Cup in Cali (Colombia) in 2015, followed by Olympic gold in Tokyo and victories at the outdoor (Eugene, 2022) and indoor (Belgrade, 2022) World Cups, as well as at the outdoor Europeans (Berlin 2018 and Munich 2022) and internal (Torun 2021). His goal in Budapest is to repeat the first place on the podium.
“It’s a bit hot but I don’t think it’s necessarily bad. I think first thing in the morning the body needs to warm up naturally, so it’s good. I didn’t spend too much energy during qualifying and everything went my way“said the pole vault world record holder with a mark of 6.22 meters at the National Athletics Center.
“In the final, and from a record point of view, anything is possible. It’s up to me to get out there and make the right jump at the right time. I am focused on winning the competition and bringing home the gold medal. I’m in good shape and I feel good technically, so I can say that everything is ready to make a big jump on Saturday.”
Source: La Verdad
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