Two-time Olympian EJ Obiena finished dead last in the men’s pole vault event of the 2025 Wanda Diamond League at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway Friday, June 13 (Philippine time). After skipping 5.40 meters, the 29-year-old Obiena failed to surpass the 5.62-m height after three tries and...
CHORZOW, Poland (AP) — Armand Duplantis has broken the world record in the pole vault again, this time clearing 6.26 meters in a Diamond League meet in Poland on Sunday, Aug. 25. Armand Duplantis (AP) Duplantis, the Louisiana-born 24-year-old who competes for his mother’s native Sweden,...
GLASGOW (AFP) -- Devynne Charlton bettered her own 60m hurdles world record, Mondo Duplantis once again ruled supreme in the pole vault and there were second golds for Femke Bol and Alexander Doom on the third and final day of the world indoor championships on Sunday, March 3. Gold medalist...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Pole vault star Armand Duplantis broke through six meters for the first time this season on Thursday, Feb. 22, but agonizingly just missed out on improving his world record. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) The Swede triumphed at the All Star Perche event at Clermont in...
FRANCE (AFP) -- Despite a slow start to the season, Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis said he is aiming to break his world record in Clermont-Ferrand five months before returning to France for the Paris Games. Sweden's Armand Duplantis (AFP/File photo) Since 2020, the Swedish athlete has...
EUGENE (AFP) -- Noah Lyles and Armand Duplantis are among the world champions aiming to end 2023 on a high note as the World Athletics Diamond League concludes in Eugene, Oregon, this weekend. Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes during the Men Pole Vault contest of the Brussels IAAF Diamond League...
BRUSSELS (AFP) -- Shericka Jackson ran the fourth fastest ever 200m at the Brussels Diamond League on Friday, Sept. 8, but the 35-year-old world record of polarizing American Florence Griffith-Joyner remains frustratingly out of reach. Jamaica's Shericka Jackson. (AFP) Jamaican sprinter Jackson,...
STOCKHOLM (AFP) --Â Pole vault star Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, watched by his mother, attempted a world record, and climate protesters added "an 11th hurdle" in the rain-hit Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday, July 2. *Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes during the men's pole vault...
OSTRAVA (AFP) -- Armand Duplantis improved his own best pole vault attempt of 2023 by a centimetre to 6.12 metres at the Golden Spike athletics meet in the Czech Republic on Tuesday, June 27. *Armand Duplantis improved his own best pole vault attempt of 2023 by a centimetre to 6.12 metres at the...
OSTRAVA (AFP) -- Pole vault star Armand Duplantis said on Monday, June 26, he was competing with himself rather than the rest of the field as he relished his record start into the season. *Sweden's pole vaulter Armand Duplantis ("Mondo" Duplantis) attends a press conference in Ostrava, Czech...
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes and breaks the new world indoor record in the men's pole vault during The World Athletics Indoor Championships 2022 at the Stark Arena, in Belgrade, on March 20, 2022. (AFP) Sweden's Mondo Duplantis bettered his own pole vault world record as he soared to gold at...
Sweden's Armand Duplantis jumps to clear a pole and break his own pole vaulting world record at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Belgrade on March 7, 2022. (AFP) Armand Duplantis warned 'this is just the start' as he broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday, clearing...
