American Sam Kendricks tested positive for covid on site during the last Olympics. Photo: Simon Hastegård/Bildbyrån Armand Duplantis won the Olympics in Tokyo. Foto: MARTIN RICKETT / STELLA PICTURES / PA Sam Kendricks was seen as Armand Duplanti’s main challenger for the gold at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. But Kendricks never got a chance to … Read more
Margot Chevrier would make her first attempt at 4.65 in the pole vault final. But something went wrong in the jump. The French lost all speed before she reached the crossbar and fell free straight down. There she landed badly with one foot in the pole vault box. Chevrier lay down and screamed out her … Read more
For the observant, it was clearly something different when Armand Duplantis did his last competition before the Indoor WC in Glasgow. At Renaud Lavillenie’s pole vault gala in Clermont-Ferrand, France, girlfriend Desiré Inglander stood and filmed his jump. Usually, it’s his coaching duo, dad Greg and mom Helena, who have that assignment. They were not … Read more
Andreas Almgren in this week’s episode of “Carina Bergfeldt”. Photo: SVT Andreas Almgren has shown great form at the start of 2024. Photo: Fredrik Karlsson/Bildbyrån Almgren is now aiming for the Olympics in Paris this summer. Photo: Christine Olsson/TT Andreas Almgren has shown great form during the start of 2024. He has broken the Swedish … Read more
Tilda Johansson. Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN Fredrik Samuelsson is carried out on a stretcher after his accident at the SM. Photo: JOHANNA WALLEN / BILDBYRÅN Carey McLeod’s accident at the WC in Budapest. Photo: ASHLEY LANDIS / AP TT NEWS AGENCY In Budapest’s oppressive heat, national team captain Kajsa Bergqvist shook her head. – … Read more
14 jumps into the gala, the temperature was seriously raised for the first time inside the IFU Arena in Uppsala. It was time for the evening’s protagonist, Armand Duplantis, to make his first jump at the Mondo Classic pole vaulting event. Almost everyone in the audience stood up and watched the Swedish world star playfully … Read more