Special Envoy to Paris It’s not easy to get to the Olympics and play alone. armand World Duplantis (Lafayette, United States, 1999) has already gotten used to it, in recent years. The Swede takes a few, dominating the pole vault with insulting superiority. He doesn’t really mind going to his. In a night to remember, he set a new pole vault world record of six meters and 25 centimeters, surpassing his previous mark in the process, surpassing himself. Making it clear that he may be playing alone, but he’s still just as excited as he was on the first day. In today’s Olympic final, at times he seemed absent, as if distracted, sitting on the bench waiting for the other participants to fail. He limited himself to three protocol jumps at 5.80, 5.90 and 6 meters, aware that his challenge was to try to beat his own world record in the best possible setting. He was watching others fail, like a retiree watching some works. He knew his challenge began when the others were already wearing tracksuits.

Son of an American pole vaulter from Louisiana, land where there are many French surnames like his because it was part of the French Empire, and a Swedish athlete, the Mondo has become just the second athlete in history to win a second pole vault gold, equaling American Bob Richards, who did it in 1952 and 1956, before becoming a pastor protesting and trying to be president of the United States with a political party that was a bit racist. Luckily Richards wasn’t as good as he was with the pole.

The World has achieved what even the legendary Serguei Bubka did not, as the Ukrainian who dominated the sport for more than a decade won gold in 1988 as a Soviet, but failed spectacularly in Barcelona in 1992 when everyone gave for the fact that it would be imposed. The Swede has not offered any doubts, in his second Olympic journey. With his face like a clueless French poet, with the pose of those children who play alone in the playground because they have a great inner world, he was already Olympic champion with just three jumps. The American Sam Kendricks and the Greek Emmanouil Karalis have tried without luck to overcome the six meters, under the gaze of the Swede. They have not succeeded, and have reserved a place on the podium next to a Duplantis who, now yes, could attack the Olympic record, held by the Brazilian Thiago Braz since 2016 with six meters and three centimeters. The Swede waited for the end of the women’s 800 meters, watching carefully the last straight, for the first time he asked for help from the 70,000 fans by marking a rhythm with his hands and in his fourth jump, he set a new Olympic record with 6.10 . He had four jumps and had already made history.

Once here, it was time to try to break his own world record, the 6.24 meters in Xiamen, China, last April. At first, he didn’t succeed. As he fell, he let out a laugh, as he knew he was very close. Before giving it a second try, he waited to watch the 100m medal ceremony, with Noah Lyles on top of the podium. He looked at it from afar, concentrating. In the second, neither. The rest of the finalists were still on the track, cheering as if they were admirers, waiting for the Swede. It was nice to see all the rivals by his side, cheering him on. And they went crazy when, on the third try, he succeeded. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Since breaking out with a bang in 2015, when he began breaking records as a student in the United States, Duplantis has become one of the best athletes on the planet. A man who, somewhat surprisingly for many, chose to compete as a Swede, despite never having lived there and having, until recently, a limited command of the Swedish language. Geniuses already have these things, go to theirs. He chose to be Swedish. He chose to fly. And what a place to do it, the sky of Paris. He’s only 24 years old and he can’t stop breaking records. Who knows where the limit must be, the Mondo.

Hot finish in the women’s 5,000 meters

The rest of the athletics day saw a beautiful final in the women’s 5,000 meters, with the Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan, who had arrived in Paris ready to take the Olympic titles in the 5,000, 10,000 and marathon, staying with the bronze medal. A heated final as world record holder Faith Kipyegon of Kenya was initially disqualified for elbowing. She was later pardoned, getting the silver back. The victory was taken by the Kenyan Beatrice Chebet, who took the lead when her compatriot had fifty meters to go. The Olympic gold in the women’s discus was retained by American Valarie Allman, shining with a best throw of 69.50 in the fourth attempt, ahead of China’s Bin Feng and Croatia’s Sandra Elkasevic with 67.51.

2024-08-05 20:18:53
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