The Olympic champion largely dominated the competition and cleared 6.05 m on his 3rd attempt, he who already had the highest jump of 2022 since February 9 (6.04 m).
But the Swedish prodigy (22) then failed in his three attempts at 6.19m, as in his first three outings of the season, and did not break a world record he has held since February 15. 2020 (6.18m).
Without an opponent of his size, Duplantis beat the Brazilian Thiago Braz (5.81m), gold medalist at the Rio Olympics in 2016, and the Belgian Ben Broeders (5.71m).
Duplantis' objective this year is to conquer the two major titles that are still missing from its list, at the indoor Worlds (March 18-20 in Belgrade) then outdoors (July 15-24 in Eugene in the United States). ).
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