Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis secured victory at the Paris Diamond League meet with his first attempt on Sunday and while he failed to break his own world record he said his preparations for the Paris Games are on the right track.
FILE PHOTO: Athletics - European Athletics Championships - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - June 12, 2024 Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates after winning the men's pole vault final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo
The Swede, who broke the world record for the eighth time with a vault of 6.24 metres in April's Xiamen Diamond League meet, cleared 6.00 with his first attempt. His closest challenger, American Sam Kendricks, cleared 5.95."I like where things are at and I know that I can be just even that much a little better for the Olympics in a month," Duplantis said.
Asked if the windy weather was a factor he said:"I just probably needed a tiny bit more grip a little bit more depth. It's very difficult and it demands for me to be pretty much perfect to make a world record. "I'm going to go back to Stockholm and do some training and then if I'm able to take care of business and win the Olympics in a month then it's going to be a lot of wine and all that good stuff that you can get here in Paris."
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