Pole Vault Star Duplantis Loses for 1st Time in 3 Years at Home Diamond League Event
- On Sunday, Australian Kurtis Marschall defeated Armand Duplantis at the Stockholm Diamond League, clinching victory with a clearance of 5.90m on his third attempt.
- The defeat snapped a dominant 35-month winning streak for the Swede, who had remained unbeaten across 40 competitions before this loss at Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
- Duplantis soared over 5.80m at his second attempt but failed in both attempts at 6.00m, with his last-ditch effort at 6.05m also falling short.
- "I'm not angry," Duplantis said, noting he is "unlucky in sports" but "lucky in love" with a wedding coming soon in Stockholm.
- Marschall celebrated his first Diamond League victory, saying "I did not mean to spoil the show" while praising the crowd's support for the Swede.
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In Stockholm everyone hoped for another world record of their pole-high jump star. But it came quite differently.
He is the king of the skies, sets one world record after another, does not actually have any competition. Now Stabhochspringer Armand Duplantis has lost for once – in front of a local audience in Stockholm.
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For the first time in a long time, it wasn’t Mondo Duplantis’ day Sunday.
Marschall topples Mondo for improbable win
Australia's Kurtis Marschall stuns at the Stockholm Diamond League, breaking a 40-final winning streak carved out by the Swedish superstar.
For the first time in almost three years, Stabhochsprung-Überflieger Armand Duplantis collected a defeat in front of a domestic audience.

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