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Sweden's Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP

Sweden's Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1724213531340AFP__20240805__36AZ68T__v5__Preview__TopshotAthleticsOlyParis2024.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sweden&#x27;s Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Sweden&#x27;s Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. <em>Andrej Isakovic, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Armand Duplantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games.</p><p>Some 18 current Olympic or world champions will be present in the Swiss city for Thursday&#x27;s meet, coming just 12 days after the last of the track and field action at the Stade de France.</p><p>Duplantis defended his gold in France&#x27;s national stadium and improved his own world record to 6.25 meters.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/6/record-breaker-duplantis-retains-olympic-pole-vault-title-1236">READ: Record-breaker Duplantis retains Olympic pole vault title</a></div><p>In Lausanne, the Swede will take part in a City Event held on an esplanade bordering Lac Leman -- better known in English as Lake Geneva -- on Wednesday, 24 hours before the main fare at the Stade Olympique de la Pontaise.</p><p>Duplantis will be up against American Sam Kendricks, the silver medallist in Paris, and also Renaud Lavillenie, the 2012 Olympic champion and former world record holder who failed to qualify for what would have been his home Games.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s the only pole vault event next to a lake,&quot; Duplantis said.</p><p>&quot;I love to have it scenic, fun, more like a show. It suits us well. I jumped 6.10m in Lausanne last time and have felt well rested since Paris.</p><p>&quot;I think there are still some good jumps in my legs,&quot; said the US-born Swede, who left Paris the day after the event for a &quot;much-needed vacation with my girlfriend to chill as much as I could&quot;.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/5/heartbreak-for-obiena-as-he-misses-pole-vault-podium-052">READ: Heartbreak for Obiena as he misses pole vault podium</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/8/7/obiena-to-invite-olympic-pole-vault-stars-in-manila-meet-in-september-2111">READ: Obiena to invite Olympic pole vault stars in Manila meet in September</a></div><div><strong>- Tebogo v Kerley -</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/71NoOR98bik?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span>Botswana&#x27;s Tebogo will race the 200m on Thursday, the event he won in Paris when he outstripped a Covid-hit Noah Lyles.</div><p>The American, a three-time world champion in the distance and the 100m winner in the French capital, has called time on his season.</p><p>Tebogo will be up against Fred Kerley, the triple world champion (100m and relay) and 100m bronze medallist in Paris, and his US teammate Erriyon Knighton.</p><p>The 21-year-old Botswanan raced to victory in an African record of 19.46sec, a time that took him to fifth on the all-time list.</p><p>He also became the first African to win the Olympic 200m meters. The men&#x27;s 800m race in this 11th stage of the Diamond League circuit also promises to be a thriller.</p><p>Four men in the Olympic final dipped under the 1min 42sec mark for the first time ever.</p><p>And four of the top five finishers from the Games will run in Lausanne: Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya, the third fastest man in history, Olympic silver medallist and world champion Marco Arop of Canada, and the fourth and fifth-placed finishers in Paris, American Bryce Hoppel and Spain&#x27;s Mohamed Attaoui.</p><p>Norway&#x27;s Jakob Ingebrigtsen will bid to put the disappointment of his 1500m outing at the Paris Games behind him when takes on a strong field in Switzerland.</p><p>American Cole Hocker stormed to an upset victory in Paris, outsprinting world champion Josh Kerr of Britain, American Yared Nuguse and Ingebrigtsen.</p><p>The Norwegian finished fourth, left ruing an insanely fast opening 400m that left him vulnerable to a late attack.</p><p>Ingebrigtsen did, however, rebound to win the Olympic 5,000m title and now has an immediate chance of redemption over the shorter distance, with Hocker also listed.</p><p>There is also a high-quality field assembled in the women&#x27;s high jump, Ukraine&#x27;s Yaroslava Mahuchikh up against Australia&#x27;s Paris silver and bronze medallists Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson.</p><p>Mahuchikh set a new world record of 2.10m at the Paris Diamond League meet and while not reaching those same heights at the Olympics, seems in unbeatable form.</p><p>Femke Bol is another athlete on show, competing in the 400m hurdles, in which she won bronze in Paris behind record-setting Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Anna Cockrell.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Armand Duplantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games.</p>

Armand Duplantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games.

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Duplantis, Tebogo headline Lausanne Diamond League, first post-Olympic meet

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Published Aug 21, 2024 12:13 PM PHT

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