Duplantis Edges Karalis to Win Lausanne Diamond League Pole Vault
Duplantis cleared 6.21 meters on his first try, while Karalis reached 6.16 meters and both men topped the previous meet record.
- On Thursday, Armand Duplantis won the Diamond League pole vault competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, edging Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis in a gripping battle with a 6.21m jump.
- Held at a pop-up venue near the Olympic Museum, both athletes broke the previous meet record of 6.15m, with Duplantis calling it the "greatest pole vaulting competition ever."
- Karalis cleared 6.16m on his second attempt, falling just short of his lifetime best of 6.21m, while more than 5,000 spectators urged on the competitors.
- Following his victory, the Olympic champion made two attempts at a new world record of 6.32m but failed to clear the bar, disappointing the crowd.
- This event serves as a traditional curtain raiser for the main Athletissima meeting one day later, where Swiss athlete Audrey Werro will compete in the 800 meters.
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The Swedish pole vault champion fought a Diamond League battle with Greek Emanuel Karalis in Lausanne, and when he won, he failed to break the world record.
The Swede won in front of his great Greek rival in Lausanne, with a bar at 6.21 m, against 6.16 for Emmanouil Karalis. The two men improved the record of the meeting.
It was a Diamond League duel at high altitude. Emmanouil Karalis cleared 6.16, but as so many times before, the Greek had his superior in Armand Duplantis. Mondo tried twice for the world record of 6.32, but had to settle for 6.21.
Finnish spectators did not see Armand Duplantis break the world record.
Duplantis edges Karalis to win Lausanne Diamond League pole vault
Pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis edged a gripping battle with his Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis to win the Diamond League competition in Lausanne on Thursday with a jump of 6.21 metres.…
Armand Duplantis wins a thrilling duel against his challenger Emmanuel Karalis at the Stab event of the Athletissima on the lake promenade in Ouchy,
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