Duplantis sets new 2023 pole vault best at 6.12m
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, (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.
The US-born Swedish athlete, the reigning Olympic and world champion, previously cleared 6.11 metres in Hengelo, Netherlands, on June 4.
In February, Duplantis set a world record of 6.22 metres at an indoor meet in France.
In the eastern Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, Duplantis only managed 5.90m at the second attempt.
But he got over 6.00m with ease as the only pole vaulter and then had the bar raised straight to 6.12m which he also cleared at the first attempt.
He then tried 6.17m but failed as the 23-year-old hones his form ahead of this year’s world championships in Budapest starting on August 19.
