您现在的位置是:半岛新闻网 > 行业动态
Duplantis 'feels close' to setting new record
半岛新闻网2024-09-22 07:36:49【行业动态】0人已围观
简介UPPSALA:Sweden's Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said he "feels close"
Sweden's Olympic champion pole vaulter Armand Duplantis said he "feels close" to setting a new world record after opening his 2023 season with a convincing win on home soil on Thursday.
The 23-year-old was only thwarted by his own world record at the Mondo Classic indoor meeting in Uppsala, failing to clear 6.22 metres and settling for a highest jump of 6.10 metres.
"Mondo" Duplantis set a new world record of 6.21 metres last year but was unable to better it despite the fervent backing of more than 2,000 spectators, failing to complete his jump three times when going for 6.22 metres.
Asked about achieving that height, he told Swedish broadcaster SVT: "I feel close, I can do it, 100 percent. But it's not so simple, I need to do a little better on the approaches."
Duplantis said he was "proud" of clearing 6.10 metres, adding: "I feel good. It was the first competition of the season, there are obviously small things I have to fix."
American KC Lightfoot took second place with a jump of 5.91 metres at the second attempt, while Ernest Obiena of the Philippines came third with the same height achieved after three jumps.
Duplantis is expected to compete in Berlin next week and at two further meetings in France this month but has not confirmed whether he will defend his title at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March.
He was voted World Athlete of the year in 2022 after winning the world indoor title in Belgrade and claiming gold at the World Athletics Championships in the United States, breaking his own world record each time.
The US-Swede has held the pole vault world record since February 2020 and has since improved it four times, becoming a poster boy of world athletics.
很赞哦!(81)
上一篇: 味道真系正!怀集食材邂逅顺德厨艺
下一篇: Footage of Kim Yo
相关文章
- Ruling bloc seeks tougher sentences for deepfake sex crimes
- Top diplomats of US, S. Korea, Japan vow continued efforts to end N. Korean provocations
- Fritz flies past Nishikori into Atlanta semi
- Buy Me a Coffee removes far
- Bernie Sanders’ DNC speech sounded like everyone else’s. That’s astonishing.
- China launches lunar probe in first
- Hyundai and Kia will pay $200 million in settlement over 'Kia Challenge' car thefts
- Best Apple M2 Mac mini deal: Lowest price ever
- The Techies Who Lunch
- 回村里,过最有年味的春节!
热门文章
站长推荐
采购商+48,英德红茶在泉城济南蹭蹭涨粉
回村里,过最有年味的春节!
奋发有为 履职尽责
Kim departs for potential summit with Putin
I went to an offline dating event for singles. Here's how it went.
Hyundai and Kia will pay $200 million in settlement over 'Kia Challenge' car thefts
Elon Musk will launch Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces
Up to 69% off Echo smart speakers ahead of Prime Day