Among the stars are Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Swede Armand Duplantis in the pole vault.
Ukrainian high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh will be among the stars to watch at the Paris Olympics after she broke a 37-year-old world record in July.
Records in the French capital began to tumble even before the Games. In early July, reigning high jump world champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh rewrote a 37-year-old world record with a 2.10m leap, a centimetre more than Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova managed in 1987. Then there is pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, who embodies every sense of his nickname ‘Mondo’, or world in Italian. The reigning Olympic gold medallist is a two-time world champion, a world record holder and in a world of his own.
Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has rewritten the outdoor world record seven times since he first claimed it in 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS In their most recent meeting, Kerr bested Ingebrigtsen in the Bowerman Mile at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic in May, clocking a British record of 3min 45.34sec over the latter’s 3:45.60.
High jumpers Mutaz Bashim and Gianmarco Tamberi, meanwhile, have a friendlier rivalry. The pair made headlines for sharing the gold medal at Tokyo 2020 and resume their competition in Paris while in the men’s javelin, India’s history maker Neeraj Chopra will be aiming to retain his title.
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