The Swedish Armand Duplantis, 22, reigning Olympic champion, again failed to improve his own world record in the pole vault (6.18 m), Saturday February 19 in Birmingham, but still leaves with the best world performance of the year in pocket (6.05 m). It’s probably only a postponement for Duplantis, who has dominated pole vault for two years and will be the big favorite at the indoor Worlds (March 18-20 in Belgrade) then outdoors (July 15-24 in Eugene in the United States). ), the two major titles that are missing from his list.