Tomorrow, Duplantis will take the flight from Arlanda, avoid the pilot strike by taking Lufthansa and not SAS, to Louisiana where he grew up and was formed to become the world's best pole vaulter.
The pole vault qualifier will not be decided until 02.05 Swedish time 23 July and the final is the last day on 25 July at 02.25 in the morning towards Monday.
- He will get around two weeks when he trains at his old university and has mom and dad with him (Helena and Greg also train their son) and a couple of days before the qualifiers they fly to Oregon.
It can not get better, says Wessfeldt.
Wessfeldt believes in gold and 6.21
The season has gone exactly according to plan and on Thursday Duplantis scored 6.16, the world's best result ever, at the Diamond League competition in Stockholm, a nice receipt to bring with him before the World Cup where he chases the only title he is missing in the prize cupboard.
Considering Stockholm, does this mean that Mondo will increase by one centimeter at a time from 6.16 in the future (the indoor record is 6.20)?
- No I do not think so.
Without knowing exactly how he reasons, I think he can go for the overall record of 6.21 if the conditions are right, says Wessfeldt who will follow the competitions on site at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.
- I hope for the total record 6.21 and gold, says Wessfeldt with quite great delight.
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ATHLETICS: Set a record in Stockholm