Sunday, June 7Sunday, June 7Armand Duplantis suffered his first defeat in nearly three years at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Saturday, ending a 40-race unbeaten streak in pole vault that included 20 consecutive Diamond League victories. The Swedish world record holder, who had not lost at home since 2023, missed all three attempts at 5.60m, then cleared 6.00m before failing at 6.05m. Australia’s Kurtis Marschall, 25, capitalised with a clean vault at 5.90m to claim victory, his first Diamond League win since 2023. “I’m sorry,” Duplantis told reporters after the competition. “I’ve had a bad day. I’m getting married in a few days in the south of France, so maybe I was a bit distracted.”
Marschall, who had finished second to Duplantis in Stockholm each of the past two years, improved his personal best to 5.90m and moved to third on the all-time world lists. “It’s incredible to beat Mondo here,” he said. “I knew he was struggling today, so I just had to stay patient and execute.” The result ends a run that began in Rome in September 2023 and stretched across 40 competitions, including the 2024 Olympic title in Paris. Duplantis, 26, still holds the world indoor and outdoor records (6.23m and 6.22m respectively) and remains the clear favourite for the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham in August.
In the women’s pole vault, Italy’s Roberta Iapichino was edged out by France’s Ninon Kpatcha by a single centimetre at 4.65m. Iapichino, 24, cleared 4.55m on her first attempt but needed three tries at 4.65m, while Kpatcha sailed over on her first attempt to claim victory. “It’s frustrating to be so close,” Iapichino said. “But I’ll take the lesson and come back stronger.”
Elsewhere in Stockholm, 17-year-old American Cooper Lutkenhaus stunned the field in the men’s 800m, winning his Diamond League debut in 1:43.21, while Switzerland’s Audrey Werro broke a 40-year-old women’s 800m Nordic record, running 1:57.71. The meeting also saw dramatic scenes in the men’s marathon, where Sweden’s Tom Andersson collapsed 300 metres from the line but later recovered in hospital. “I was two minutes inside my target,” he told Swedish media. “It’s surreal.”
Tom, 27, föll ihop precis innan mållinjen: Stupade rakt fram Tom Andersson, 27, var 300 meter från mållinjen på Stockholm Marathon. Då föll han ner på knä och stupade rakt fram – sen vaknade han på akuten. – Jag var på väg att komma in två minuter snabbare än mitt mål. Det är så surrealistiskt, säger han.
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