BUDAPEST (VG) Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis (23) won WC gold as easily as anyone expected. After that, the Swedish player tried to break the world record, even though the coach tried to stop him.
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The Swede easily jumped 6.10 meters without tearing up on the way – this is more than enough to become world champion.
Duplantis raised the bar to 6.23 meters – one centimeter above his own world record. But there were three tears.
– He jumps like a god, Sweden national team manager Kajsa Bergqvist told TV4.
– Stav is actually just about this guy, says NRK expert Christina Vukicevic Demidov.
FLYING: Armand Duplantis.
Not everyone wants to see Duplantis try to improve his own world record. Coach and father Greg Duplantis tried to stop his son’s world record attempt due to thigh problems.
– I couldn’t stop when the audience came to see me try it, says Armand Duplantis.
His closest competitor was Filipino Ernest John Obiena, who clocked over 6.00 meters – but broke serve at 6.05 and 6.10 metres. Kurtis Marshall and Christopher Nilsen shared bronze with a distance of 5.95 meters.
Norwegian hopes Sondre Guttormsen and Pål Haugen Lillefosse did not survive this effort in Budapest. But Guttormsen can be happy on Saturday as he qualified for next year’s Olympics in Paris at 5.82 meters in an event in Sweden.
Ahead of the championships, there was little doubt about big favorite Duplantis after he was beaten in Monaco in the final competition before the World Cup – and a bit of difficulty with his shoulder.
But when it came to the most important game of the Hungarian summer in front of nearly 35,000 spectators, Duplantis was in a class of his own. Duplantis now has two WC gold medals, one Olympic gold and two EC gold medals.
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The United States also won the relay in the women’s event – ahead of Jamaica and Great Britain. That was a new WC record of 41.03 seconds.
America won the women’s relay.
- Faith Kipyegon won the women’s 5,000 meters. She was the first woman in history to win the 1500 and 1500 meters in the same WC. His winning time was 14:53.88. Sifan Hassan won silver, while Beatrice Chebet secured bronze.
Kipyegon’s faith in front of Sifan Hassan.
- Chase Ealey won the shot put competition with 20.43.
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