Tenderness in the back of the thigh made Armand Duplantis stop at the victory jump of 5.86 in Lievin, France on February 9.
The next competition in Torun, Poland, where the Swede set a world record last year and where the indoor European Championships will be decided in March, he was over due to the injury.
A precautionary measure, and a decision that impresses SVT Sports expert.
- Genius traits to cancel and not force because there are competitions that are planned in the schedule.
The European Championships are important, but for him it is about finding the feeling again, says Alhaji Jeng.
- Seen from the outside, it does not seem to be in better hands, with mom and dad who know not only the athlete Armand but also the man.
CLIP: Duplantis broke after two jumps - but won in Lievin (February 9, 2021)
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Armand Duplantis.
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Better course for Duplantis in Belgrade
The 21-year-old has jumped the highest in the world this year and won all three competitions he entered.
- He is in top form.
World record form.
His jumps of 6.01 and 6.03 this year were with more taste.
But if you want to jump 6.19 (world record), the conditions must be perfect.
The conditions have been on temporarily built-up courses, not fixed courses that suit Duplantis better, according to Jeng.
- Built-up tracks fail more and with the speed Armand has, it is not the best combo.
He wants rock-hard tracks.
At the same time, he obviously masters all the courses, he has shown.
Ten competitions over six meters last year.
Two competitions, so far, over six meters this year.
Jeng can not stress enough how impressive it is.
- He has lined up six-meter jumps so that we almost take it for granted.
If he does not jump six meters, people think that something is not right.
But these are really results that are only done a few times a year - distributed among the
entire
world elite.
Then there are unique ones like (Sergej) Bubka and (Renaud) Lavillenie who maybe did it five or six times a year.
CLIP: Duplantis tried for world record - won again six-meter jump (January 31, 2021)
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Duplantis caught at today's gala in Düsseldorf.
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Believe in 6 meters again
In the last competition, Duplantis won in 5.86.
With injury, as I said.
- You saw that the shape was there.
But there will be a great strain (for the body) in the final stage before the jump when the pole is in a parallel position - the pole weighs 20 kg.
Jeng believes in more top results in Belgrade.
- Not surprised if he jumps over six meters.
Depending on the conditions, it is an incredible result.
None of Duplanti's main competitors jump in Belgrade.
Piotr Lisek, Poland, has a personal best of six meters but has only reached 5.80 as the highest this year.
The broadcast from the World Indoor Tour starts on Wednesday 17.30 in SVT1 / SVT Play. Niklas Nord comments. Assistant Jonas Hedman.