Lausanne (AFP)
Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah in the 100m shouldn't be the only one aiming for a world record at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday, where Olympic champions Armand Duplantis on pole vault and Yulimar Rojas on triple jump can improve their own. Mark.
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Duplantis released
The Swede Armand Duplantis became Olympic champion for the first time at the beginning of August in Tokyo, and can calmly resume the hunt for his own world record (6.18 m), when he had almost passed 6.19 m in Japan.
"I have a lot of weight less on my shoulders compared to the Olympics, where everyone said I was going to win even before the competition. Now that it's done I can breathe, I can take things more simply. I just come to jump high, win competitions, make myself happy, "he explained.
Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 Games, August 3, 2021 Ben STANSALL AFP / Archives
Ultra-regular above 6 m, "Mondo" finds in Lausanne the Olympic vice-champion Chris Nilsen but especially the double American world champion Sam Kendricks, deprived of the Olympics at the last minute for a positive test for Covid-19.
The French Renaud Lavillenie, diminished in Tokyo, also lines up.
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Rojas, the triple finally
After considering aligning with the long jump, Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas finally chose her specialty, the triple jump.
She dazzled the Olympic stadium in Tokyo on August 1 by beating the world record of the Ukrainian Inessa Kravets (15.50 m in 1995) with a jump to 15.67 m on her last attempt.
Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, Olympic triple jump champion, with a new world record (15.67 m), August 1, 2021 at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Andrej ISAKOVIC AFP / Archives
Cuban's pupil Ivan Pedroso seems almost limitless as she dominates the discipline.
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Warholm removes the hurdles
Winner of one of the most beautiful races in history at the Olympic Games (45.94), smashing his own world record in the 400 m hurdles, the Norwegian Karsten Warholm challenges himself on a 400 m "flat" in Lausanne.
The Norwegian Karsten Warholm, after setting a new world record in the 400 hurdles (45.94 sec), during the final at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, August 3, 2021 Jewel SAMAD AFP / Archives
European indoor champion in 2019 over the distance, Warholm's limits are difficult to pinpoint on the discipline (record in 44 sec 87), especially if his form is the same as in Japan.
"I'm happy to run, the flat is a good challenge after the hurdles. But it's a distance where you need experience and I have little," he said.
Rather than the world record of South African Wayde Van Niekerk (43.03 in 2016), the Norwegian could tackle the old European record of German Thomas Schönlebe (44.33 in 1987).
"On a very big day it's doable, I would have to have a perfect race like in Tokyo. I have to stay humble over this distance, but if I'm very fast I'm not going to complain."
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