Mundo Duplantis jumps 6.10 to return in wet Chorzow in Poland.
His seventeenth victory in a row and his fiftieth jump over six metres.
And he’s ridiculously superior when he wins by 37cm
Yes, it was a larger margin than in the World Cup final in Eugene, when Mundo won by 27cm. Record margin to win the World Cup.
This is despite the fact that both WC silver medalist Chris Nielsen and Filipino bronze medalist Ernest John Obiena were there.
But they were desperate, as usual.
This was probably the fastest rodeo competition Mundo was a part of this year.
Only eight starters, France’s Thibaut Colette and Brazil’s Thiago Bra, already teared themselves apart at entry height of 5.53.
Mondo stood up, entered at 5.63 and was a mile off the bar, while World Cup silver medalist Chris Nielsen and Renaud Lavillenie thanked him.
Shows how difficult the jump is.
For everyone except Mundo.
At 5.73, Pyotr Lisik disappeared from the home jump leaving only Swede, Bronze medalist Ernst John Obiena and Norway’s Sondry Guttarmsen.
But both went after the next high of 5.83 and left Mondo alone in the competition.
As usual.
Now it slipped easily above 6.00 before setting the bar at 6.10, taking the latter and saying goodbye. A world record in seventeen degrees.
That’s despite Mundo’s no luck with the weather this time either.
The weather has only been good for two races this summer.
Bauhaus Gala at Stockholm Stadium where he set a new outdoor record with 6.16 and then a toilet in Eugene where he broadcast the new world height record of 6.21.
Shows what the weather means.
Other than that, it was hurricane winds, rain, and hail in all of his five other outdoor races.
Yes, the Doha premiere had to be moved indoors, as storms made it dangerous to pole vault during regular competition.
It has experienced a full spectrum of bad weather.
Now he’s back again in rainy Chorzow in Poland, which has had to relocate as China has yet to open the border for their Diamond League matches.
One of two competitions before his next major championship.
We are just over a week away from the European Championships in Munich.