Finland’s Urho Kujanpää struggled to finish ninth in the pole vault final.
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In the European pole vault final, it was all about how high Sweden’s pole vaulter went Armand Duplantis on Saturday night at the Olympic Stadium in Munich jump.
The superstar, who recorded a clean record, settled for an easily surpassed European Championship record of 606 before starting to celebrate the European Championship.
Duplantis needed three jumps for his championship. He missed a couple of heights and was the only one to clear 590 to secure his title.
A home crowd favorite Bo Kanda Lita Baehre was the only one besides Duplantis to go over 585. The German played sunk rich and poor as he dropped his attempts after a failed 590 to 595. However, Lita Baehre was faced with an undone place.
In the drizzly evening, a young Norwegian came third Pål Haugen to Lillefoss21, with a score of 575.
Swedish-American Duplantis, 22, took his second European title. The trophy cabinet also contains the Olympic gold from Tokyo last year and the July world championship from Oregon.
This time, Duplantis operated differently than at the World Championships in Oregon. In Oregon, he set a new world record of 621, while in the EC final he settled for the competition record.
Perhaps the rainy weather in Munich was behind the solution.
Kujanpää showed that it belongs in the EC final
Finland Urho Kujanpää got into a tough spot in his first adult competition final. The pole vault final started at a height of 550, which is a tougher start for Kujanpää than ever before. However, he surpassed this with his second one.
The next height of 15 centimeters higher was too much.
– This left me hungry and showed me that I belong in the EC final. There are no two words about it, Kujanpää stated.
The pole vault final started at a height of 550, which is a tougher start for Kujanpää than ever before. However, he surpassed this with his second one. 565 was too much this time, even though Kujanpää exceeded it in qualifying. The same height is also his record.
– I can’t really say anything about jumps. They were difficult when the front thighs started to tighten, and the run did not go to the end.
Pole trainer Jarno Koivunen thought the result was quite good.
– These were really good races for Urho. However, he was lower in the statistics, Koivunen reminded.
– It (565) was Urho’s record height, so it has to go completely right. Now it was almost. But placing in the top ten was a step forward. Next time we will take the score.
Two athletes remained behind Kujanpää in the final.
of the Netherlands Going to Vlo and Switzerland Dominic Alberto were left without a result in the pole vault, as both fell three times from the starting height of 550.