Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for the eighth time by clearing 6.24 meters (20 feet 5 inches) at the Diamond League opening round in Xiamen, China, on Saturday.
Duplantis, 24, broke the world record for consecutive outdoor events.
At his previous outdoor competition, the Diamond League Finals held in September in Eugene, Oregon, he cleared 6.23 meters on his 16th attempt since setting the record on February 25, 2023.
He failed six times during the winter indoor season with a score of 6.24, but cleared it in his first outdoor attempt in Xiamen in 2024.
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“The indoor season wasn’t what I wanted,” he said. “I feel like it was all over the place and a little more sloppy than I would have liked. So I think we brought a little bit of that fire from inside.”
Duplantis’ next hurdle, 6.25 meters, is significant as he could become the first man to clear 20 feet, 6 inches.
Like Ukraine’s Sergei Bubka in the 1980s and 1990s, Duplantis chose to raise the bar by at least one centimeter for all world records until his first in February 2020. He receives a bonus for each record he breaks.
Bubka broke the outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times between 1984 and 1994, before the World Athletics Championships moved to one combined indoor and outdoor world record.
Also on Saturday, Ethiopia’s Gudav Tsegay, the reigning 10,000m world champion and 5,000m world record holder, won the 1500m in 3:50.30, the third fastest time in history. Only Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (3:49.11) and Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba (3:50.07) are faster.
Tsegay runs 3rd fastest women’s 1500m in history
Gudav Tsegay finished the women’s 1,500-meter dash with a time of 3:50.30, the third-fastest time in history, at the Diamond League season opener in Xiamen, China.
Christian Coleman won the 100-meter dash by four-hundredths of a second over Fred Curley in 10.13 seconds against a 0.6 m/s headwind.
The U.S. has three previous 100m world champions (Coleman in 2019, Curley in 2022, and Noah Lyles in 2023), plus two additional world 100m medalists (Trayvon Bromell and Marvin Bracey-Williams). proud of. The top three athletes at the Olympic trials in June will be selected to represent Paris in the individual 100 meters.
Olympic gold medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico overtook Devin Charlton of the Bahamas in 12.45 seconds to win the 100-meter hurdles by four-hundredths of a second.
Also participating in the race were current world champion Daniel Williams (Jamaica) (4th place, 12.56 seconds) and world record holder Tobi Amusan (Nigeria) (5th place, 12.58 seconds).
Torrey Lewis of Australia won the 200m in 22.96 seconds, beating 100m world champion Shakari Richardson by three-hundredths of a point. Richardson, who primarily races the 100 meters, will be followed by three more American athletes who could compete in the 200 meters at the Olympic Trials in June: Tamara Clark, Anavia Battle and Teetee Terry. It continued.
In the demanding women’s discus, Tokyo gold medalist Valarie Allman of the United States won with a throw of 69.80 meters. She topped Cuba’s Yaime Perez, who threw 68.83 points. Last Saturday, Perez threw 73.09 meters, the longest distance in the world since July 1989.
In the women’s shot put, Olympic gold medalist Qian Lijiao of China won with a throw of 19.72 meters, leading two-time world champion Chase Jackson of the United States in third place with a throw of 19.62 meters.
In the men’s high jump, American Shelby McEwen jumped 2.27 meters and defeated Olympic co-sponsor Mutaz Barsim (Qatar) on countback to win the championship. McEwen was seventh at the 2023 World Championships.
Diamond League will move to Suzhou, China next Saturday for live streaming peacock From 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern Time.
Coleman stops teammate Curley in the 100m
Christian Coleman defeated teammate and former world champion Fred Curley in the men’s 100 meters at the Xiamen Diamond League Athletics Championships.
