Partners and opponents. Left Armand Duplantis, right Sam Kendricks.
Jaroslav Ožana, ČTK
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“When you imagine a professional meeting, you need it to have some history, a beautiful trophy and capable organizers. And if you wrap all this, you will get a Golden Spike, “said the energetic sympathizer Kendricks, who, despite two world gold medals, ignited his stick destiny with only a slight exaggeration.
“When I jumped here for the first time, I lost to world record holder Renaud Lavilleni, and now I’m going to compete with the world record holder again,” the holder of the 593 cm meeting met at Duplantis. “But I can easily improve it here and lose it anyway,” he realizes.
Armand Duplantis from Sweden and Sam Kendricks from the USA before the Golden Treadmill.
Jaroslav Ožana, ČTK
In the form of the son of a former American pole vaulter and a Swedish multi-athlete, world athletics has won a new superstar. At home in a garden in Louisiana, USA, Duplantis held the pole for three years, jumping unofficial world records of his age category from the age of seven. Now it also has absolute historical maxims: 618 cm in the hall and 615 cm outside.
A number of athletic stars will perform at the jubilee Golden Stilts, and up to 1,500 spectators will watch
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“But it’s getting harder to move. I used to improve by maybe ten centimeters in a year, now every centimeter is known. But for me, records are not the most important thing. It already belongs to me, but I don’t have Olympic or world gold, “he reminded.
At the last World Championships in Doha, his only conqueror was Kendricks, and the men’s pole is currently experiencing its golden age. After all, Lavillenie and the American young man KC Lightfoot also got over six meters in the hall.
| Program and stars Golden Stilts 2021 |
| 14.45 hammer Ž (Wlodarczyk, Tavernierová, Šafránková), 16.10 10 000 m M (Kiplimo), 16.30 rod M (Duplantis, Kendricks, Kudlička), 17.00 spear W (Špotáková, Andrejczyková, Ogrodníková), 17.05 distance M (Juška), 17.10 4×100 m, 17.30 4×100 m M, 17.50 400 m př. M (Copello), 17.55 ball M (Staněk, Haratyk, Bukowiecki), 18.05 400 m BC (Petersen), 18.15 100 m M (Gatlin, Kerley, de Grasse), 18.22 1500 m W (G. Dibabaová. Nanyondová, Vrzalová), 18.32 1500 m M (Sasínek, Holuša, Lewandowski), 18.42 800 m north, 18.45 triple jump M (Taylor, Zango), 18.52 800 m M (Tuka, Dobek), 18.57 spear M (Vetter, Peters, Vadlejch), 19.00 3000 m p. M (Wale), 19.15 400 m M (James, Maslák, Norwood), 19.25 200 m W (Schippers, Richardson, M. Kambundjiová), 19.35 200 m M (Bednarek, Kerley, Volko), 19.45 3000 m M (Cheptegei, Chelimo, McSweyn). |
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“The more people follow our discipline, the better and I have never had a problem with pressure,” said Duplantis, known by his children’s nickname Mondo. And then, during a press conference, he got back into a friendly conversation with Kendricks about his new hobbies.
“I started playing golf during the pandemic. Maybe too much, “said the Swedish jumper. “I was at home for almost eight weeks last summer, I don’t remember. So I trained puppies. I was quite watching how smart they could be, “Kendricks laughed.
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