PARIS: Pole vault star Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis headlines a host of global track and field stars who will get a taste of elite competition in Paris at Sunday’s Diamond League, just three weeks out from the Olympic Games in the French capital.

The Olympic athletics programme starts on Aug 1 at the Stade de France, once used for Diamond League meets during the Usain Bolt era.

The Diamond League is now held at the Stade Charlety in the south of the city, with a near sell-out crowd of 20,000 expected on Sunday.

“I’ve been jumping for a very long time. I’ve got good at it and figured out how to jump high,” said Duplantis, who this season alone has already won a second world indoor title and a third European gold, as well as bettering his own world record to 6.24 metres.

Published in Dawn, July 7th, 2024