Armand Duplantis jumped 6.05 in the European final in Berlin a year ago and was able to title himself as the best in Europe.

Now the 19-year-old Swede can also be titled as the second best in the world.

Today there was silver at the World Cup in Doha after a real jerk jump where the bar was forced up at 6.02.

The Swede was above the entry height of 5.55 and instead simply went above 5.70 in the first, as well as 5.80. So did the worst competitors American Sam Kendrick's and the Piotr Lisek pole.

But the trio were alone in solving the height and already there the medals were arranged. Then it became exciting.

Done in last

All three tore the first attempt at 5.87, before Duplantis and Lisek solved it in the second.

For Kendricks, a third try was needed before he too was over.

When the bar was then raised to 5.92, the American took the initiative when he took it in the first attempt, while the others tore. Lisek chose to save to 5.97 while Duplantis switched to a stiffer rod and resolved the height in a squeezed position in the last attempt.

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The jump meant that Lisek needed 5.97, but the pole couldn't handle the height and thus the silver was arranged for Duplantis.

But to get past Kendrick's, the 19-year-old needed a 5.97, and in the third and final jump, Duplantis solved it, with a good jerk on the bar.

When Kendricks did the same thing, the rib hips were up at 6.02. The American, however, had the advantage that Duplantis needed to be able to run the gold out of his fists. When none of them resolved the height, gold went to the United States. Duplantis thus had to settle for the silver money. Sam Kendricks is thus the first male pole vault to defend a World Cup gold since Sergey Bubka 1997.