On March 8, the pole vault qualification begins at the indoor EC in the Netherlands in Apeldoorn.
But then comes the Swedish world star Armand Duplantis not to be included. The reason is that he is instead betting on the indoor WC, which starts just 13 days later.
— Yes, I don’t compete indoors that much, as the plan is for it to be the WC. It looks like last year, he says The evening paper.
It will be the second time in a row that Duplantis does not participate in the indoor EC.
The reason for the tight schedule is that the world championship, which is held in Nanjing, China, has already been postponed. It should actually have been held already in 2020, then in 2021, and then in 2023. But all times the championship has been moved due to the corona pandemic.
This time it looks like it’s going away, and with Armand Duplantis in place.
Fix: In an earlier version, an incorrect race date was entered in the fact box.