In cool and humid conditions, after a thunderstorm showered the Bavarian city copiously in the afternoon, the 22-year-old Swede won ahead of German Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, who topped out at 5.85 m, and the Norwegian Pal Haugen Lillefosse (5.75 m on the first try).

For "Mondo", this Munich competition looked like a walk in the park, with five bars cleared on its first attempt and with ease, from 5.65 m to 6.06 m, a record for the European Championships.

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The young Swede shines this summer: a month ago, he offered himself to Eugene (United States) a first crown of outdoor world champion, the only one still missing from his brilliant record.

With the way, since he matched it with a new world record, at 6.21 m.

It was then the first time in nearly thirty years (1994 precisely with Sergei Bubka at 6.14 m) that the world record for the pole vault was broken outdoors.

So much so that Duplantis is now reigning Olympic champion, outdoor and indoor world champion, both in 2022, double outdoor European champion (2018 and 2022) and indoor European champion (2021).

Undefeated in 2022

The Scandinavian pole vaulter has not lost the slightest competition of the year, both outdoors and indoors.

There are sixteen disputed and won in 2022, including thirteen above six meters.

His last defeat dates back a year, at the end of August 2021 in Lausanne (Switzerland).

The 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie, whom Duplantis dispossessed of the world record in 2020, missed his bet by failing three times at 5.85m after having cleared 5.65m on the first try and lost at 5, 75m.

On the track, Femke Bol (22) is having a golden week: after having already won the 400m and 400m hurdles, the young Dutchwoman scored an unprecedented hat-trick at the European Championships by winning the 4x400m relay with her teammates.

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"These championships are special for me," she said.

Bol, who started in third position as the last torchbearer, allowed the Netherlands to win in 3 min 20 sec 87, ahead of Poland (3:21.68) and Great Britain (3 :21.74).

Before that, she had won the 400m (49.44) on Wednesday evening.

Then two days later over 400m hurdles (52.67), her favorite race, the one in which she is the 2021 Olympic bronze medalist and recent vice-world champion, relegating her opponents very far: the closest to more than one second and a half.

In the 400m hurdles, Bol is the third best performer in the world in history since her 52 sec 03 run in the Olympic final in Tokyo, a European record.

With her ideal Bavarian week, she adorns with gold her prize list hitherto consisting of Olympic bronze 2021 in the 400m hurdles, and world silver 2022 in the 400m hurdles and the mixed 4x400m relay, gleaned in Eugene (United States). ) a month ago.

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