ARMAND Duplantis of Sweden clears the bar as he competes during the men’s pole vault event of the ISTAF indoor athletics meeting.—AFP
ARMAND Duplantis of Sweden clears the bar as he competes during the men’s pole vault event of the ISTAF indoor athletics meeting.—AFP

BERLIN: Olympic and world champion pole vault star Mondo Duplantis clinched victory at the Berlin indoor meet on Friday with a height of 6.06m but failed at three attempts to set a new world record of 6.22m.

It was a 42nd career clearance over six metres for the Swede and second of the winter season after his 6.10m in Uppsala last week.

On Friday, Duplantis easily succeeded at 5.60m, 5.82m, 5.91m and 6.06m before being foiled in his attempt to improve on his own world record of 6.21m set in Eugene in July last year.

His closest rivals on Friday, Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall managed 5.82m.

Duplantis still has two other competitions this winter to try to improve on his world record at Lievin on Feb 15 and at Clermont 10 days later.

Published in Dawn, February 12th, 2023

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