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Duplantis Vaults to 6.28m World Record as Carmassi Breaks Italian Hurdles Mark

He cleared 6.28 metres on his first attempt to extend his record total to 12 in front of his home crowd at the Diamond League stop in Stockholm.

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Overview

  • Armand Duplantis cleared 6.28 metres on his first attempt to set his 12th world pole vault record at the Stockholm Diamond League.
  • Giada Carmassi ran 12.69 seconds in the 100m hurdles to break the Italian national record, surpassing Luminosa Bogliolo’s 12.75 from Tokyo 2021.
  • Carmassi’s time is the second-fastest European performance of the current season in the hurdles.
  • American Grace Stark won the same 100m hurdles race in 12.32 seconds, establishing a new meeting record.
  • Both athletes reached their record-breaking marks on June 15 at the Stockholm stop of the Diamond League meet.