Duplantis to pole-vault in ‘garden’ event

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World story holder Armand Duplantis will do away with on two-time world champion Sam Kendricks and 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie in a are residing-streamed pole vault contest this weekend.

The tournament, to be held on Sunday at 16:00 BST, will glance every man strive and clear 5m as repeatedly as that that you just’ll be ready to imagine in half-hour.

Swede Duplantis will seemingly be vaulting at his American training deplorable, with Lavillenie and Kendricks competing at their homes in France and the US respectively.

“We certainly are going to revel on this and relish a right time with it,” said Duplantis.

“Also, winning right here’s compulsory due to I create no longer like losing to them very unheard of.”

The same old layout of a pole-vault competition – with victory determined by the most height cleared as the bar is moved incrementally upwards between makes an strive – is impractical in lockdown stipulations with officers required to regulate the bar.

Duplantis area the contemporary world story of 6.18m in Glasgow in February, having surpassed Lavillenie’s previous label of 6.16m seven days earlier.

Kendricks efficiently defended his world title in Doha in October, beating Duplantis on countback.

World Athletics says it is miles exploring the prospective of retaining diversified ‘Last Garden Clash’ competitions in the arriving weeks.

Seven of the first eight occasions in the 15-leg Diamond League series relish been postponed, regardless that the Oslo meeting is due to head ahead on 11 June in a revised layout dubbed ‘the Impossible Video games’.

Duplantis and Lavillenie are due to compete in Norway, with a 400m hurdles world story strive by dwelling accepted Karsten Warholm the headline tournament.

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