Duplantis Wins Pole Vault, Fails World Record; Leotlela Surprises in 100m
Quick Look
- Armand Duplantis won the pole vault at the Diamond League opener with a meeting record of 6.12m but missed his world record attempts.
- South Africa's Gift Leotlela surprised in the men's 100m, while Shericka Jackson and Masai Russell won their events.
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Armand “Mondo” Duplantis cruised to pole vault victory in the opening Diamond League meeting of the season on Saturday, but failed to improve his own world record.
There was a surprise in the men’s 100m as Gift Leotlela of South Africa pipped Ferdinand Omanyala and Kenneth Bednarek in a photo finish to win a Diamond League event for the first time.
High-quality women’s 200m and 100m hurdles were won by Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson and Olympic champion Masai Russell, respectively, but Karsten Warholm was shocked in the 300m hurdles.
Duplantis already had victory sewn up in the pole vault after just two jumps before he eased to a new Shanghai meeting record in 6.12m.
The Swede, who has not lost a competition since 2023, then raised the bar to a world record 6.32m but failed with all three attempts to beat his old mark.
Duplantis said he felt the record had been possible.
