Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:02 AM IST
Summary
Sweden’s Olympic champion Manda Duplants broke her own world record with a time of 6.19m at the Brelgrade Indoor Competition. He improved his performance of 6.18m he scored in Glasgow in February 2020.
Sweden’s Olympic champion Manda Duplants broke her own world record with a time of 6.19m at the Brelgrade Indoor Competition. He improved his performance of 6.18m he scored in Glasgow in February 2020.
Duplantes scored 5.61, 5.85 and 6.00 in his first attempt. Then at 6.19 he missed twice. In the third and final attempt, his knee touched the bar but it didn’t fall, and as soon as he jumped on the mat, he jumped into the air again and celebrated by punching his fist.
Fourth world record in 25 months
This is the fourth world record for the 22-year-old Swedish player. He broke the record previously held by London Olympics champion Renad Llewelly in Toran, Poland with a first 6.17m in February 2020. Then improved one centimeter in Glasgow. Then in September of the same year, in the Rome Diamond League, he set an outdoor world record with 6.15 meters, which was set by the legendary Sergei Bubka (6.14) in July 1994.
Expansion
Sweden’s Olympic champion Manda Duplants broke her own world record with a time of 6.19m at the Brelgrade Indoor Competition. He improved his performance of 6.18m he scored in Glasgow in February 2020.
Duplantes scored 5.61, 5.85 and 6.00 in his first attempt. Then at 6.19 he missed twice. In the third and final attempt, his knee touched the bar but it didn’t fall, and as soon as he jumped on the mat, he jumped into the air again and celebrated by punching his fist.
Fourth world record in 25 months
This is the fourth world record for the 22-year-old Swedish player. He broke the record previously held by London Olympics champion Renad Llewelly in Toran, Poland with a first 6.17m in February 2020. Then improved one centimeter in Glasgow. Then in September of the same year, in the Rome Diamond League, he set an outdoor world record with 6.15 meters, which was set by the legendary Sergei Bubka (6.14) in July 1994.