EJ Obiena bows out early as Duplantis regulations Oslo Diamond League

Philippines’s Ernest John Obiena competes within the males’s pole vault tournament all the way through the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League athletics assembly in Keqiao, Shaoxing in China’s japanese Zhejiang province on May 3, 2025. (Photo by means of Pedro PARDO / AFP)

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis ruled the lads’s pole vault on the Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday in some other stellar show, whilst Filipino wager EJ Obiena bowed out early.

The US-born Swede stays head and shoulders above the remaining, having bettered his personal international file to 6.27 meters in February at the again of a 2024 season when he no longer most effective gained Olympic gold but additionally broke the arena file 3 times.

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He is the undisputed king of the development and used to be additionally named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2024. Jamaican dash legend Usain Bolt is the one monitor and box athlete to have in the past gained the award.

 Obiena used to be amongst 3 vaulters who did not transparent a peak. Obiena, house hope Sondre Guttormsen, and Belgium’s Ben Broeders all bombed out after coming in at 5.62m.

FILE– Armand Duplantis gestures as he competes within the males’s pole vault tournament all the way through the Shanghai/Keqiao Diamond League athletics assembly in Keqiao, Shaoxing in China’s japanese Zhejiang province on May 3, 2025. (Photo by means of Pedro PARDO / AFP)

While the arena’s best 8 competed in Oslo, none proved to be any place close to Duplantis’ stage.

Duplantis skipped 5.72m in conjunction with Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, whilst American Sam Kendricks, Dutchman Menno Vloon and Turkey’s Ersu Sasma have been eradicated after failing to transparent the bar at that peak.

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France’s 2012 Olympic gold medallist Renaud Lavillenie snuck thru on his final try, however promptly withdrew from pageant.

Duplantis and Karalis cleared 5.82m on their first makes an attempt, however Australian Kurtis Marschall bowed out at that peak.

That left simply Duplantis and his Greek rival within the pageant, however the latter had 3 failed efforts at 5.92m after the Swede had long gone transparent.

The bar used to be raised to 6.03m, 1cm greater than the meet file he set in 2022.

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He wanted 3 makes an attempt, however did it at the 3rd to wild applause from the 15,000-strong crowd on the Bislett Stadium.

The bar went as much as 6.15m and he handed on the second one pass, however known as it an evening as temperatures dipped in Oslo.

“I am very satisfied,” stated Duplantis after successful with a brand new meet file of 6.15 metres. “To get a stadium file right here used to be in my plans after a couple of visits right here with tricky prerequisites.

“It was great to finally get the right conditions tonight. It did get cooler so that was why I stopped jumping,” he stated.

“On Sunday in Stockholm it could be an absolute dream to wreck the arena file. In truth I may retire if I do! At the instant the forecast is just right for Sunday and I’m feeling just right, I’m in just right form and this night displays I’m leaping smartly so who is aware of, it can be imaginable.

“I need to build on tonight and get ready now for the big one.”

Duplantis has now competed in 40 Diamond League conferences since 2020 and misplaced most effective 4 occasions, making him one of the most sequence’ maximum peculiar serial winners.