Swedish Armand Duplantis accounted for the result 616 – a new world record outdoors in pole vault. Duplantis jumped the record at home in Stockholm in a Diamond League competition. Crazy, he stated himself.
The new world record outdoors in pole vault is written 616.
Swedish Armand Duplantis jumped the result at the Diamond League competition at his home ground in Stockholm on Thursday night.
– Galet. This is the least I can do for everyone who is here and watching me, he said Sportbladet.
– It is extra special to do this. You always want to defend your home ground, says Duplantis.
Duplantis set the previous record 615 two years ago, when he beat Ukrainian Sergei Bubkas 614 from 1994.
In March, Duplantis 620 jumped at the Indoor World Championships in Belgrade. In the outdoor WC in American Eugene in two weeks, 22-year-old Duplantis will defend his gold from 2019.
– The feeling is that I have even more in me. It was not like I did everything perfectly today. There is still room for improvement, said Armand Duplantis in Stockholm.
Lehikoine har funnit formen
Viivi Lehikoinen came in sixth place in the 400 meter hurdles in his Diamond League debut. Lehikoinen ran a new personal best of 54.80. Her previous peak was also from this summer.
Dutchwoman Femke Bol was superior in the competition, she ran 52.27.
Lehikoinen is now only 0.18 seconds from Tuija Helanders finländska rekord from 1987.
Eveliina Määttänen ran in the B-heat in the 800 meters. She first finished with her new personal best 2.01.14, which gives third place in the national all-time statistics.
Määttänen, who is close to a place in the WC, beat the Polish Adrianna Czaplan in the final sprint.
– We came pretty much parallel during the final shave. About 40 meters before the finish, my speed started to slow down, but I still managed to keep the race together, said Määttänen according to the athletics association.
Oliver Helander finished fifth in javelin throw.
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