Stockholm Diamond League Meet Moves Pole Vault Runway to Improve Duplantis’ Record Chances
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Stockholm Diamond League Meet Moves Pole Vault Runway to Improve Duplantis’ Record Chances

The pole vault will be moved to a new location during the Diamond League meet at Stockholm Stadium in early June to improve Armand Duplantis’ chances of setting a world record. “We are building a temporary pole vault runway on the grass alongside the home straight,” competition director Jan Kowalski told Radiosporten.

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The pole vaulters will hopefully avoid the troublesome wind that has been a talking point after recent competitions at Stockholm Stadium.

It tends to be windier at what used to be the pole vault curve than on the 100-meter straight, where the track is now located.

“There is usually a tailwind there,” says Kowalski.

The new pole vault track is identical to the one laid out in Uppsala, where Duplantis set his latest world record in March.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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