World record holders Armand Duplantis and Yulimar Rojas have been named male and female athletes of the year at the World Athletics Awards. In an unbeaten season, Swedish pole vaulter Duplantis set an indoor word record of 6.18m and an outdoor record of 6.15m – the latter clearance breaking Sergey Bubka’s 26-year-old record. Venezuelan triple-jumper Rojas […]
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Armand Duplantis, the man who has broken pole vault indoor record twice this year has finally got his wish as he soundly broke Sergey Bubka‘s 26-year-old outdoor pole vault world record, clearing 6.15 meters at a Diamond League meet in Rome on Thursday. Duplantis, the Swede who was born and raised in Louisiana, already held the […]
The world indoor pole vault record holder, Armand Duplantis has put into gear what he started with early in the year when he broke the world record. At Lausanne on Wednesday 2, he towered above all pole vault giant to vault a new Swedish record of 6.07m. The American Champion, Sam Kendricks was second in […]
In Göteborg, Sweden on Saturday 4, Armand Duplantis produced his best of the season when he vaulted 5.94m, Pål Haugen Lillefosse with 5.60m came second. Ben Broeders (bel) 5.50, Melker Svärd-Jakobsson 5.50, Piotr Lisek (pol) 5.35 respectively. In the Long Jump Thobias Montler 8.13 (2.5) came first to win and Andreas Carlsson 7.81 (3.4) second […]
Oslo Bislett Impossible Games was made possible in an unusual condition on Thursday, June 11 in spectatorless stadium by the incredible performance of Norwegian king of the track, Karsten Warhlom and Ingerbrigsten brothers. In a solo race and almost empty stadium in Olso, the double World champion and the 2nd fastest man in history over […]
In an effort to save Bislett Games, it’s Organiser has come forward with a modification Games called ‘Impossible Games’ which will be lauched today; with highlight featuring of Karsten Warholm going for 300mh world record in a solo race. The COVID-19 pandemic means the Bislett Games cannot take place in its usual format on 11 […]
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said he is still hoping that a late outdoor athletics season can be planned from August to October this year, he said on Friday. “We know that different countries are at different stages of managing this pandemic so we are trying to give a structure to our athletes and member […]
One of the most sensational athlete in this year indoor season and the World Pole Vault Indoor record holder, Swedish star Armand Duplantis will be auctioning his bib he wore when he broke the World Pole Vault Indoor record in Turin in February to raise money to fight against coronavirus pandemic. Duplantis cleared 6.17 metres […]
