Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis is participating in the FBK Games this year. The reigning European, world and Olympic champion is competing in Hengelo for the third time.
The Swede holds the world record with a jump of 6.22 meters. He broke that record earlier this year by jumping over six meters for the sixtieth time in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Duplantis has set six world records in total. Last year, the 23-year-old athlete clinched her first outdoor world title. He succeeded in Eugene with a jump of 6.21 meters.
Check out Armand Duplantis’ world record in February 2023:
He later also took his second European title in 2022. He was named the world’s best athlete by the International Athletic Association in 2020 and 2022. Duplantis was absent from the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul in early March.
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Two years ago, Duplantis set an encounter record with a jump of 6.10 meters at the FBK Games. He jumped “only” 6.01 meters last year, which is 31 centimeters higher than the second Rutger Koppelaar.
FBK matches will be played on Sunday, June 4th. Besides Duplantis, other stars are coming to Hengelo. For example, top Dutch athletes Femke Bol and Lieke Klaver are on the starting list.
Source: NOS
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