CTK
Updated 7 hours ago
The pole vault Armand Duplantis broke his own world record at a meeting in Belgrade by an inch. In the hall, which will host the World Cup in two weeks, he crossed the bar at a height of 619 centimeters on the third attempt. The 22-year-old Swede has set a new all-time high two years after a record he also set in the Glasgow lobby.
The Olympic champion from Tokyo raced for the fifth time this indoor season. In the previous four starts, he always crossed the six-meter limit, reaching the highest at 605 centimeters on February 19 in Birmingham. He had a solo performance in Belgrade. When he started at 561 centimeters, none of the opponents were left in the competition. He climbed the base height for the first time and then 585 centimeters and six meters. Subsequently, he got raised to a record height and was successful on the third attempt.
He attacked the record height not only this indoor season. “I think I’ve tried 619 about fifty times. It’s really been a long time. I’ve never had a height that would cause me so much trouble. It’s been a really tough fight in the last two years. I’m really happy,” the international athletics federation rejoiced in a press release. .
There is one common world record in pole vaulting. Duplantis holds the best performance outside, when in the summer of 2020 he lost this primacy to the Ukrainian Sergei Bubka with a power of 615 centimeters. In Belgrade, Duplantis was able to tune in well to the fight for the world indoor title, which he lacks in his collection of achievements. When the Indoor World Championships last took place four years ago, Duplantis finished seventh in Birmingham.
The Czech obstacle course Petr Svoboda also won in Belgrade, finishing in 7.65 seconds. He successfully tested the hall where he won European bronze five years ago. But for the coveted time of about 7.55 seconds, he was missing something again. Its seasonal maximum remains 7.63 from Saturday’s start at the national championship in Ostrava.
The Olympic long-distance winner Miltiadis Tentoglu from Greece took second place in this year’s world tables with today’s winning performance of 825 centimeters. The American Matthew Boling jumped just as far in the hall this year, the Swiss multi-champion Simon Ehammer was even an inch better. Thobias Montler, a Swede, was only two centimeters worse than Tentoglu in Belgrade today.
