CLERMONT-FERRAND: Armand Duplantis just clipped the bar on Sunday when he attempted to break the pole vault world record for a third straight weekend.

After jumping 6.01m to win the “All Star Perche” competition in Clermont, Duplantis had the bar raised to 6.19m.

The Swede had broken the old world record on Feb 8 with a jump of 6.17 metres in Poland. He then added a centimetre in Glasgow last Saturday. On Sunday, he tried to add another centimetre.

Published in Dawn, February 25th, 2020