Duplantis wins in Monaco in
Photo: Aurelien Morissard/AP/TT

Duplantis wins in Monaco in front of his new home crowd

Armand Duplantis won the Diamond League competition in Monaco as planned with 6.07. The pole vaulter then raised the bar to 6.15 but stopped there after three misses. "It was a bit strange, to be honest. I couldn't find the feeling or the rhythm at all," the 26-year-old tells SVT.

Advertisement

"Mondo" made the decision earlier this year to move his base from Stockholm to Monaco together with his wife Desiré and on Friday it was time for the first competition on home soil.

It ended with an expected victory. Duplantis cleared one height after another and won the competition in 6.07. The world record holder also improved his competition record from last year by two centimetres.

The 26-year-old Swedish-American then raised the bar to 6.15 but failed on all three attempts. Duplantis' world record is 6.31.

"It was a bit strange, to be honest. I couldn't find the feeling or the rhythm at all, but I'll still try to be positive. I won on a meeting record," Duplantis tells SVT.

Second in the competition was Frenchman Thierry Baptiste and third was Kurtis Marschall of Australia. Both finished at 5.85. Marschall had more misses along the way.

Armand Duplantis was the only Swede to compete in Monaco.

In this story
AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
Was this useful?

What do you think?

Keep readingmore from Sports

All