Duplantis won the pole vault with a distance of 6.23 meters, improving by one centimeter the previous record, which he achieved this year indoors in France. In the last three and a half years, Duplantis has broken the world record seven times – five times indoors and twice in the stadium, breaking both outdoor records right in Eugene.
Before that, the 23-year-old Swede cleared 5.62, 5.82 and 6.02 meters with his first attempts.
The second place was taken by Philippine athlete Ernest John Objena with a clearance of 5.82 meters, while American Sam Kendricks was third with a clearance ten centimeters lower.
It has already been reported that before that Ethiopian runner Gudafa Tsegaya broke the world record in the 5000 meter run. The 26-year-old Ethiopian finished in 14 minutes and 0.21 seconds, bettering by 4.99 seconds the result achieved by Kenyan Faith Kipyegon on June 9 in Paris.
Beatrice Chebet of Kenya finished second on Sunday, losing 5.71 seconds, while Ejgayehu Taye of Ethiopia finished another 15.6 seconds later.
The last, second day of the final stage of the 2023 season of the Diamond League in athletics will take place on Sunday.
2023-09-17 22:30:48
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