83 athletics world records had been broken at the Stockholm Stadium – the most of any stadium on the planet. But, despite the home crowd willing him on, Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis could not add an 84th at the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday 2 June.
Duplantis, the dominant force in men’s pole vault since 2020 when he set his first world record, soared over at 6.00m to secure another Diamond League victory as he chases a fourth overall title in a row. However, while this was another brilliant performance, he will walk away with just a hint of disappointment after he grazed the bar on his three attempts at 6.25m – one centimetre above his current world record set in April this year.
Second place on the evening went to the USA’s Sam Kendricks who cleared 5.90m with third claimed by fellow American KC Lightfoot with a vault of 5.80m.
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