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“Mondo” still won the competition at the Khalifa Stadium, the stadium where he took home silver at the World Cup nearly a year ago. But the height of victory of 5.82 meters was far from the Swede-American’s best result this year. According to Aftonbladet, the reason was a stomach illness earlier this week.
– Yes, I woke up early Thursday morning and had a stomachache. And suddenly it turned upside down. I vomited. Not once, not twice, but the entire time it felt. I went to the bathroom, went to bed and went back to the bathroom, says Armand Duplantis to the newspaper.
No covid-19
He continues:
– It must have been something I ate. It felt that way. It can’t be covid-19 when I got tested here in Doha. It was probably just food poisoning.
As the only man, Duplantis was flawless above 5.82 and had secured victory when reigning world champion Sam Kendricks, USA, and veteran Renaud Lavillenie, France, topped with 5.92. Duplantis, who had two tears at the same height, saved his last jump and tried at 6.00 but went off.
Incredible season
The 2018 European Championship gold medalist can look back on a great year with highlights such as a world indoor record (6.18 in Glasgow in February) and the 6.15 jump in Rome last week, after to beat Ukrainian Sergej Bubka’s 26-year-old outdoor record of 6., 14.
– It was absolutely amazing. Way above expectations, given how it started. I can not be happier. The goal was to jump 6.15 and I made it in the end, she says.
Now he travels first to Sweden and then to the United States for vacations and training before the 2021 Olympic season.
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