- I don't know where I stand in terms of form. I'm not in my life shape, but it's good enough to jump in Oslo, ”says a slightly jet-lagged Duplantis to SVT Sport.

It's not just the competitions in Oslo that got the 20-year-old Swedish-American to Uppsala and Sweden:

- Training is much easier here in Sweden. Everything is closed in the US, two weeks ago a high school opened right next to me where I could run but nothing more. Uppsala is one of the best training facilities in the world.

However, one thing will be the same in Sweden as in the US:

- I live with mom and sister during the summer. Mom stays as long as she wants. The housing arrangement has not changed much since I was fifteen, he says and smiles.

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