US EditionDuplantis and McLaughlin-Levrone lit up world championships
Armand Duplantis set his 14th world record by clearing 6.30 meters in pole vaulting, while Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone nearly broke a 40-year-old 400m record.
- At the world championships in Tokyo, Armand Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone delivered standout performances in pole vault and women's 400m events.
- These championships followed a backdrop where the USA and Kenya asserted track authority while Kenya faced doping challenges involving Ruth Chepngetich.
- Duplantis set his 14th world record at 6.30 meters, while McLaughlin-Levrone ran 47.78 seconds, the second fastest women's 400m time behind Marita Koch's 47.60 from 1985.
- Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville, guided by Usain Bolt’s former coach, won the men's 100m in 9.77 seconds, signaling a new era after Bolt’s retirement as Bolt watched in Tokyo.
- New Zealand achieved a rare double gold at the championships, with an unexpected win followed by a triumph in the high jump event by Olympic titleholder Hamish Kerr, showcasing the country's wide-ranging success on the international stage.
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Duplantis and McLaughlin-Levrone lit up world championships
In the World Championship of Athletics in Tokyo, Armand Duplantis reached a new historical mark by surpassing 6.30 meters in the race of jump with garrocha. With this record, obtained at the National Stadium of the Japanese capital, he sealed the fourteenth world record of his career and reaffirmed his supremacy in the discipline. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF MONDO DUPLANTIS: CAMPION AND ABSOLUTE DOMINIUM OF RÉCORDS The Swedish Armand Duplantis, 25 ye…
The 20th edition of the World Championship of athletics was closed this Sunday in Tokyo after nine days of competition, with the Swedish Armand Duplantis and the American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone as authors of the most memorable feats.
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