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- Duplantis, a world pole vaulter away from the stereotype
Armand Duplantis had us badly used. Two world records of pole vault in one week (6.17 and 6.18) , also obtained with absolute solvency, presaged a third, this Wednesday in Liévin. It did not happen, and the reality of the intrinsic difficulty of the records was imposed on the ease with which "Mondo" had broken the previous two.
The record seemed, however, within the reach of the young Swedish prodigy. Duplantis saved the first, and quite easily, the 5.70; the 5.80; 5.90 and, be amazed, 6.07. Shocking But he was resisted 6.19 . The second attempt, although insufficient, was the best. He gave the impression of facing the bar with an improper respect of who in a few days had easily saved the previous record heights.
Maybe I was tired of so much tute and so many emotions. Perhaps, suddenly, he became aware of the enormity of the record. After all, it is a 20-year-old boy who has given up the world. That is not easy to assimilate without some loss. But it is clear that the Swede is not going to stop here. Its margin of progression seems enormous . He will still jump once again in this indoor season, in Clermont-Ferrand, the birthplace of Renaud Lavillenie, the former record holder.
Duplantis tried the record and, in the opposite aisle of the installation, the American Sandi Morris did the same, in the same test, to the search, with 5.03, to match the world primacy on the indoor track, held by his compatriot Jennifer Suhr
The Spanish representation had everything. Orlando Ortega was third (7.56) in about 60 meters hurdles won by the Frenchman Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (7.47). In the 1500s, Jesús Gómez, with a personal mark of 3: 36.68, bowed to the world record holder, the Ethiopian Samuel Tefera (3: 35.54). Fourth was Ignacio Fontes (3: 38.41). And eleventh, Saúl Ordóñez (3: 41.22). In the triple jump, Pablo Torrijos stayed at 16.80.
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