Armand Duplantis is already, apart from the absolute world record holder in pole vault (6.18 on the indoor track), an outdoor record holder.

In Rome, without an audience, in the Olympic stadium where, between August 25 and September 11, 1960, the Games were held, it rose above 6.15.

He thus left a centimeter below the mark that Sergei Bubka sculpted in the flattering altitude of Sestriere, also in Italy, in July 1994. The Swede is already, at 20 years old, the complete king of the specialty.

It has come full circle.

From now on, he will dedicate himself to expanding it.

Has time.

Wants.

Got talent.

Athletics, especially affected by the pandemic, barely maintains the sacred fire of a choppy and impoverished competition.

But never quite.

At each rally, despite numerous and illustrious absences, some stars adorn it.

And in this 2020 season, some figures above the others are helping to support the framework: Duplantis himself and Karsten Warholm (400 meters hurdles).

A Nordic showcase between a Swede and a Norwegian.

Warholm made a splendid mark: 47.07.

But after his 46.87 in Stockholm, the second best record in history and a record in Europe, Kevin Young's World Cup is moving away: 46.78, in force since the Barcelona Games.

Before Rome, Warholm made 47.62 in Ostrava and 47.08 in Berlin.

Awesome.

But the magic moment may be gone.

At least this year.

Ingebrigtsen, no terminal velocity

Another Norseman, another Norwegian, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, is also lavishing himself a lot this year and takes care, with Warholm and Duplantis, of the sacred flame.

In about 3,000 with just a couple of prominent names, he bowed, for his utter lack of terminal speed, to one, to the other, to a namesake, 19-year-old Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo, who performed 7: 26.64.

Ingebrigtsen will turn 20 on Saturday and finished in 7: 27.05.

Objectively, a "marcón".

But the primacy he was seeking eluded him: Mohamed Mourhit's European (7: 26.62), made in August 2000, when Jakob was a month away from being born.

Interestingly, the Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh also has her birthday this Saturday.

One less than Ingebrigtsen: 19. Congratulations to both of them and to the athletics, which they adorn and give prestige.

Mahuchikh bowed (1.95) in the high jump against compatriot Yuliya Levchenko (1.98).

Both, at least until Mariya Lasitskene reappears on the big stage, dominate the modality and have already passed the two meters.

It was a good afternoon for

Ukraine in the high jump.

In the men's section, Andriy Protsenko won with 2.30.

Speed ​​was an almost unexpected queen in a rally that, in the end, turned out magnificent as a whole.

In the 100 meters, Jamaican Elaine Thompson fell below 11 seconds (10.85).

And the South African Akani Simbine, 10 (9.96).

Doha, on the 25th, will host the last stage of this silent, diminished but always beautiful Diamant League

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