Duplantis soars to pole vault gold; Obiena bags bronze

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 26, 2022 6:35 am

Lausanne: Olympic champion and world record holder Armand Duplantis won the Lausanne Diamond League pole vault competition staged on the banks of Lake Geneva on Thursday (Friday in Manila).

The 22-year-old Swedish star again put his rivals in the shade with a winning 6.10m vault achieved on his third attempt.

Ernest John Obiena competes in the men's pole vault city event during the Diamond League athletics meeting Athletissima in Lausanne on Thursday, August 25 (Friday, August 26, in Manila. Photo by Fabrice Coffrini / AFP)

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