Swedish athlete Mondo Duplantis made history once again by breaking the men’s pole vault world record for the eighth time. At a Diamond League meet in Xiamen, China, he cleared an impressive 6.24 meters (20 feet, 5 inches), earning him bonus money with each new record. His next challenge is to clear the 6.25-meter mark, which could potentially make him the first man to clear 20 feet, 6 inches.
In other events at the meet, Puerto Rican Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the 100m hurdles in 12.45 seconds, outperforming Bahamian Devynne Charlton by four hundredths of a second. Reigning world champion Danielle Williams from Jamaica and world record holder Tobi Amusan from Nigeria were also notable competitors in the race.
Australian Torrie Lewis claimed victory in the 200m race with a time of 22.96 seconds, narrowly beating world 100m champion Sha’Carri Richardson. American runners are expected to be strong contenders in the upcoming Olympic Trials in June. In field events, Chinese Olympic gold medalist Gong Lijiao triumphed in the women’s shot put with a throw of 19.72 meters, besting American Chase Jackson, who is also a two-time reigning world champion.
American Shelby McEwen emerged victorious in the men’s high jump over co-Olympic gold medalist Mutaz Barshim from Qatar by clearing 2.27 meters. The next Diamond League event will take place in Suzhou, China and will be broadcast live on Peacock from 7-9 a.m. ET