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Armand Duplantis once again set the world record in the pole vault with an effort of 6.26m during the Silesia Diamond League competition in Poland on Sunday. Duplantis, 24, born in Louisiana, competes for Sweden, his mother's native country. Duplantis bettered his previous world record by one centimetre. Duplantis set the world record for the third time this year. He had previously set the world record when he won gold at the Paris Olympic Games with an effort of 6.25m.
Duplantis' first world record also came in Poland in February, 2020. “Everything came together to let me do this,” he said. “I know a lot of people came here to see me jump, so I wanted to do well for them. This year I focused on the Olympics, the record came naturally because I was in good shape. So I'm not surprised by today's record, but I'm grateful.”
Ingebrigtsen's performance was superb
At the same time, Ingebrigtsen, who lost her 1500m Olympic title this year, performed brilliantly. She won the 5,000m title in Paris. In the Silesia Diamond League, Ingebrigtsen won first place in the 3000m with a time of 7 minutes 17.55 seconds. She expressed her happiness by putting her hands on her face in surprise. The 23-year-old Norwegian beat Kenya's Daniel Komen's 28-year-old record by more than three seconds.
Ingebrigtsen said – This victory is special and wonderful. I was hoping to challenge the world record here, but my coach said that he can never guess what time I am capable of. I never thought that I would be able to run 7:17.
Poor performance by Avinash Sable
India's top 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sable finished a disappointing 14th among world-class athletes at the Silesia Diamond League here on Sunday. Asian Games champion Sable, 29, finished 14th out of 20 runners with a timing of 8 minutes 29.96 seconds. Three runners failed to finish the race.
Defending Olympic and world champion El Bakkali Sofiane of Morocco (8:4.29 seconds) won the race, while Amos Serem of Kenya (8:4.29 seconds) and Samuel Firewu of Ethiopia (8:04.34 seconds) finished second and third respectively. All the top six finishers at the Paris Olympics participated here.
Last month, at the Paris Diamond League, Sable broke his own national record with a timing of 8 minutes 9.91 seconds and finished sixth. He became the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the Olympic 3000m steeplechase at the Paris Games. He finished 11th in Paris with a timing of 8 minutes 14.18 seconds.
