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Neeraj Chopra, Mondo Duplantis, Letsile Tebogo: Starcast At Lausanne Diamond League

Armand Duplantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games. Some 18 current Olympic or world champions will be present in the Swiss city for Thursday's meet, coming just 12 days after the last of the track and field action at the Stade de France. Duplantis defended his gold in France's national stadium and improved his own world record to 6.25 metres.

Neeraj Chopra, Mondo Duplantis, Letsile Tebogo: Starcast At Lausanne Diamond League

Armand Duplantis and Letsile Tebogo headline a raft of Olympic champions who will descend on Lausanne for the first Diamond League meeting since the end of the Paris Games. Some 18 current Olympic or world champions will be present in the Swiss city for Thursday's meet, coming just 12 days after the last of the track and field action at the Stade de France. Duplantis defended his gold in France's national stadium and improved his own world record to 6.25 metres.

Duplantis and Warholm to compete in 100m sprint

Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and hurdles runner Karsten Warholm will compete in a 100-metre sprint in September, Olympic champion Duplantis said on Wednesday.

"No Longer A Sport About Usain Bolt": Former Olympics Gold Medalist Calls Current Generation 'Most Talented'

Track and field chief Sebastian Coe has hailed the emergence of an "extraordinary" group of athletes at the Paris Olympics who have gone some way to filling the void left by Jamaican legend Usain Bolt. Bolt was a transformational figure in athletics, winning eight Olympic and nine world gold medals as he dominated the sprints during his stellar career. Talk since his retirement after the 2017 world championships in London has always been about who might step into his shoes as the leading pin-up for the sport. But Coe insisted the narrative wasn't just about one athlete alone to fill the void.

"No Longer A Sport About Usain Bolt": Former Olympics Gold Medalist Calls Current Generation 'Most Talented'

Track and field chief Sebastian Coe has hailed the emergence of an "extraordinary" group of athletes at the Paris Olympics who have gone some way to filling the void left by Jamaican legend Usain Bolt. Bolt was a transformational figure in athletics, winning eight Olympic and nine world gold medals as he dominated the sprints during his stellar career. Talk since his retirement after the 2017 world championships in London has always been about who might step into his shoes as the leading pin-up for the sport. But Coe insisted the narrative wasn't just about one athlete alone to fill the void.

Record-Breaker Armand Duplantis Soars To Olympic Pole Vault Gold, Keely Hodgkinson Wins 800m

Armand Duplantis soared over his rivals in clinching back-to-back Olympic pole vault crowns on Monday with a new world record as Keely Hodgkinson won Britain's first gold of the Paris Games on the track with a sensational 800m final victory. Swedish star Duplantis cemented his status as the greatest pole vaulter in history with a superb display, blowing the roof off the Stade de France with a world record-breaking final leap of 6.25 metres. The 24-year-old Duplantis, popularly known as "Mondo", is the first man to win consecutive Olympic pole vault golds since the USA's Bob Richards, who achieved the feat with victories in 1952 and 1956.

Sweden Star Armand Duplantis Copies Yusuf Dikec After Paul Vault World Record, Shooter Reacts

Sweden's Armand Duplantis bettered his own world record as he grabbed the Paris Olympics pole vault title in on Monday. In a sensational finish to the fifth day of track and field at the Stade de France, Duplantis sailed over the bar raised to 6.25 meters to make the gold medal his own. The effort received rapturous applause from a 69,000-capacity crowd as the Swedish star bettered the 'world record' by 1cm his own previous best of 6.24m set at the Xiamen Diamond League meet in April. What Duplantis did after clinching the gold, however, went viral on social media.

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Neeraj Chopra, Mondo Duplantis, Letsile Tebogo: Starcast At Lausanne Diamond League

Neeraj Chopra, Mondo Duplantis, Letsile Tebogo: Starcast At Lausanne Diamond League

Duplantis and Warholm to compete in 100m sprint

"No Longer A Sport About Usain Bolt": Former Olympics Gold Medalist Calls Current Generation 'Most Talented'

"No Longer A Sport About Usain Bolt": Former Olympics Gold Medalist Calls Current Generation 'Most Talented'

Record-Breaker Armand Duplantis Soars To Olympic Pole Vault Gold, Keely Hodgkinson Wins 800m

Sweden Star Armand Duplantis Copies Yusuf Dikec After Paul Vault World Record, Shooter Reacts