Ny seger i Kina – men inget världsrekord

ny seger i kina – men inget världsrekord

Armand Duplantis. Arkivbild.

Armand Duplantis öppnade utesäsongen med världsrekord.

I Suzhou, Kina, vann han igen.

Men något världsrekord blev det inte vid Diamond League-tävlingen.

Stjärnan var ensam att klara 5,92 – då belgaren Ben Broeders och amerikanen Sam Kendricks rev ut sig – och tog sedan 6,00 i lika imponerande stil.

Sedan bad svenskamerikanen att få upp ribban på världsrekordhöjden 6,25.

Följande utspelade sig efter det: miss, miss och miss.

24-åringen var allra närmast i sitt tredje hopp men rev ändå och fick till slut nöja sig med ytterligare en seger på Diamond League-turnén i Kina.

Efter den tuffa innesäsongen — där Duplantis visade sig vara mänsklig – slog han till direkt i första utetävlingen och Diamond League-premiären i kinesiska Xiamen.

Han satte världsrekord.

Stavhopparen, som med god marginal klarade 6,24 meter, gratulerades med inhemska sötsaker och efter att ha smakat det gröna godiset samt turistat i Suzhou var han redo för nästa Diamond League-tävling.

Där var målsättningen två saker:

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Högt hoppade visserligen Duplantis men det var inte världsrekordhögt. Om segern och höjden ändå var tillräckligt för att ge sig ut i Suzhou efter tävlingen återstår att se.

Armand Duplantis satte världsrekord för första gången i februari 2020. I Torun, Polen, hoppade han 6,17 och tog därmed över rekordet från fransmannen Renaud Lavillenie. Sedan dess har Duplantis förbättrat rekordet successivt. Hoppet i Xiamen var den åttonde gången som han satte världsrekord.

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