Mondo Duplantis broke the world record in Stockholm

Mondo Duplantis He is the great opponent of the Diamond League of Stockholm coming close to breaking his pole vault world record of 6.25 meters for the ninth time. The Swede, who started this season with a world record in 6.24m in the Diamond League Xiamen, jumped into the centennial Olympic Stadium in Stockholm with the special motivation to finally break a record at home in front of his home crowd. A great challenge that adds a dose of epicness when gathering 27 years without a record found in the Swedish capital.

Duplantis He was the only one among all the participants to clear the bar over 6 meters. With the victory already in his pocket, he raised the bar by 25 centimeters in search of the long-awaited record in front of his people. The first attempt was close and the second was even closer. In its nature unlimited ambition, Duplantis tackled the third and final jump with great concentration and visualizing all the movements to perfectly execute the flight over the bar. Again, he rose as before as he let go of the pole and lightly gripped the bar again during the descent phase, a timid touch that frustrated his aspirations. At 24 years old, Duplantis continues to compete hard in pursuit of records and medals, an ambition that will take him next week to Rome to dispute the European (June 7-12) and claim their third straight continental title.

Adel Mechaal completed its set-up for Rome European with an eighth position in the 3,000m with 7’37”28. The Catalan completed his seventh outdoor competition of the season, a high volume that he uses to reach his best form and that he will maintain in the Italian capital – he will double in the 1,500m and 5,000m – to get in top shape for in Paris Games 2024. In Stockholm he is behind the Norwegian Narve Nordáswinner with 7’33”49 and the Swiss Dominic Lobalusecond in 7’33”68, two rivals who will join him at the European Championship in the fight for medals.

The Brazilian Alison dos Santos He easily won the 400 hurdles with a mark of 47.01 and remains the main favorite to win gold at Paris 2024 with the Norwegian. Karsten Warholm and the American Ray Benjamin. In the women’s event, Femke Bol was conservative, but won with authority with 53.07 before traveling to Rome to compete in the Continental, where she will be the main favorite for gold. The great dominator of speed is the Gambian Gina Mariam Bass-Bitaye with 11”15, beating the African too Marie Josee Ta Lou (11”16). In the men’s 100m there was also African dominance with the Cameroonian victory Emmanuel Esme with 10”16.

Laura Muir He won the 1,500m thanks to his experience, with a devastating attack with 150 meters to go that his rivals could not resist. The Scottish woman won with 3’57”99, the best start to the season of his life and a mark that would have qualified him to be European champion, but he refused to travel to Rome to focus on his preparations for the Games, where he is currently the silver medalist. The world record holder Mykolas Alekna He won the discus with 68.63 meters.

The following excerpt from Diamond League It is on the 7th of July Paris, a good start for the athletes competing there, days later, in the Olympic Games. The headquarters of the competition will remain in recent years at Charlety Stadiumsouth of the French capital and the Stade de France will remain as the venue for the Games.