Mondo Duplantis and Sifan Hassan, of whom world records are nowadays expected almost as a default, will

After suffering a rare defeat in Lausanne last Thursday, Duplantis returned to winning ways in the Paris

Ernest Obiena of the Philippines, who improved his national record to 5.91m when finishing second to Duplantis

her world 5,000m record attempt in Eugene last month saw her finish well off the pace, and – as with Duplantis

The fascinating inner dynamics of the pole vault world were in evidence once again in Paris this weekend as the Diamond League continued on its European route to the concluding final in Zurich from September 8 to 9.

champion Sam Kendricks of the United States and Sweden’s Louisiana-based world record holder Mondo Duplantis

Mondo Duplantis, left, discusses tactics with his impromptu coach in Paris on Saturday, fellow pole vaulter

to settle for fourth place on 5.73m.During the press conference the newly installed Olympic champion Duplantis

and choice of poles in the absence of either of the Swede’s normal coaches - AKA his parents.Mondo Duplantis

final arm-in-arm.After the event, a virtually empty stadium echoed with the sounds of excitement as Duplantis

Olympic champions Armand Duplantis, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Hansle Parchment, all beaten in Lausanne

arena close to full, and in weather far more clement than it was in Switzerland two days earlier, Swede Duplantis

attempt and setting a Philippines national record in the process.He also took the lead as Nilsen and then Duplantis

Double Olympic 100 metres champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, whose winning time of 10.54sec in Eugene last Saturday (August 21) was the second-fastest time ever, will seek to maintain her breath-taking form here tomorrow as the Diamond League moves on to the French capital.

concluding European leg of the Diamond League season.Meanwhile Sweden’s Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis

being kept from the Olympics by an untimely positive COVID-19 test.Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis

defeat in Lausanne when he competes in tomorrow's Diamond League meeting in Paris ©Getty ImagesLike Duplantis

course in tonight’s Wanda Diamond League meeting as Elaine Thompson-Herah, Hansle Parchment and Mondo Duplantis

champion Pascal Martinot-Lagarde third in 13.17 and Tokyo bronze medallist Ronald Levy fifth in 13.40.Duplantis

A dizzying array of Olympic champions will be on show at the Stade de la Pontaise in Lausanne tomorrow night for the first of four European meetings that will bring this season's Diamond League to its conclusion, watched by an expected capacity crowd of 12,200.

set world records in winning their Olympic titles earlier this month, and Sweden’s 21-year-old Armand Duplantis

Sebastian Coe believes the stars of the future were born at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi after declaring the event in the Kenyan capital a success.

The last World Under-20 Championships (in Tampere in 2018) featured names like Armand Duplantis, Jakob

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) will be providing support to six sports researchers as part of a new two-year development programme within the framework of Olympisk Offensiv.

researchers and collaboration with coaches for members of SOC's Top and Talent scheme.Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis

American sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson is set to return to competition for the first time at the Eugene Diamond League, after her one-month cannabis ban, in a stacked women's 100 metres field that features the top four athletes from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

the next leg of the Diamond League on August 28, featuring Swedish Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis

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faster than the 46.78sec mark from 1992, which until this year was the world record ©Getty ImagesArmand Duplantis

Armand Duplantis, 21, and 19-year-old Athing Mu became two of the youngest Olympic athletics champions

set a national record in winning the 800m ©Getty Images"I felt like it was there when I went over," Duplantis

When Armand Duplantis, Katerina Stefanidi and their rivals go for Olympic gold in Tokyo this week, they

likely that Ulverston vaulters would have stepped onto early iterations of the Olympic podia to which Duplantis

"Listen to your body" has long been a mantra for elite athletes skirting the edges of performance and injury. In recent days and months, however, numerous top sportsmen and women have begun to act with greater conviction upon a new formulation of that old favourite. Namely, "Listen to your mind."

Biles speaking out about athletes and mental health, Sweden’s world pole vault record holder Mondo Duplantis

Achieving a world record at the Olympic Games is the ultimate track and field achievement, but as the athletics programme gets underway tomorrow morning at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, a little short of five years since the last one in Rio de Janeiro, it is prospective personal rivalries that command attention.

weeks ago.It will be down to the younger men to make Sweden's 21-year-old world record-holder Armand Duplantis

Femke Bol of The Netherlands became the latest athlete to produce a startling effort in the 400 metres hurdles in recent days as she won at the Diamond League event in Stockholm in 52.38sec, putting her fourth on the all-time list.

McDermott, second in 2.01m, and thus adding a centimetre to her own Oceania record.Local hero Armand Duplantis

with the bar set at 6.19m.After three attempts, the record remained at 6.18m - but it remains on the Duplantis