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Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday.

Similar successes came at 5.90 and 5.95m. Duplantis came in at 5.65m, with two rivals already out of the reckoning. Duplantis, fresh from breaking his own world record in Eugene as he clinched world gold with 6.21 metres last month, set a championship record of 6.06 metres for gold at the Olympic Stadium.

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men's pole vault and women's 3000m ...

She will share the podium with 41-year-old world record holder Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic, who earned her first big medal since winning the London 2017 world title, and her first European medal since winning gold at Zurich in 2014, as she claimed bronze with a last-round effort of 60.68. Tzengko, the daughter of Albanian immigrants who gained Greek citizenship in 2018, led from start to finish, opening with 60.82m and following up with her best of the night, a personal best of 65.81, before concluding with 64.57. Lewis Davey did well to hang on to the lead under heavy pressure, enabling individual bronze medallist Alex Haydock-Wilson - the man who says he sees angels and devils on the track - maintaining his advantage to the line to bring his team home in 2:59.35. Britain’s men’s 4x400m relay team then delivered a second gold on the night with a performance that called to mind the epic Tokyo 1991 World Championships victory over the United States, where the favourites were confounded by the sight of individual silver medallist Roger Black running the first leg. The 20-year-old made her decisive move 250 metres from the end, taking over the lead from the fading home force of Christina Hering and driving remorselessly for the international title she has sought with such intensity in the past 12 months. "It is still very tough competition out there, so I made sure I was on the ball - I am just happy I executed well, and managed to come away with a gold medal." The second Championship record arrived in the women's 3,000m steeplechase when Gega finished in 9min 11.31sec, chased home by Germany’s Lea Meyer in a personal best of 9:15.35 and Britain’s Elizabeth Bird, who earned bronze in 9:23.18. By which point Hodgkinson, silver medallist at last year’s Olympics and this year’s World Championships and Commonwealth Games, had discovered gold at the end of it. Other than Duplantis, the man who managed best was 23-year-old home vaulter Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, 11th at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and seventh at last year’s World Championships, who earned silver with a best of 5.85m. The women’s 4x400m final saw Bol, who completed a unique 400m/400m hurdles double last night, adding a third gold as she anchored the Dutch team to victory in 3:20.87, the fastest time run in Europe this season. Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men’s pole vault and women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, on a night when Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned a third title and Britain’s 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson finally won a big gold after three big silvers. That only left the question of how high to try and jump before he concluded his efforts, and the 22-year-old Swede selected 6.06m, one centimetre more than his Championship record in Berlin, clearing it first time.

Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis won big at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, which were held in Munich, Germany.

Last year, he was also the Olympic champion in Tokyo with 6.02 meters. Duplantis won the gold medal, he jumped 6.06 meters in the men’s pole vault on his first attempt, which is a new Championship Record. Last month, Duplantis won the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, setting a new world record of 6.21 meters.

Mondo Duplantis set a new championship record to become double European pole vault champion on Saturday (20 August). Once again the 22-year-old proved to be ...

And then I will see, I want to spend the time with the closest ones and we will see." The crowd was very special, it is a special place here. "It was a great evening.

Three first-time clearances – at 5.65m, 5.85m and 5.90m – were enough for world and Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis to retain his European title ...

So before the European Championships there was a lot of pressure for me, I said to myself that after having shown a bad side of myself at the worlds I really have to do it well here. Lewis Davey held on to it under heavy pressure, enabling individual bronze medallist Alex Haydock-Wilson maintaining his advantage to the line to bring his team home in 2:59.35, holding off strong challenges from Belgium’s Dylan Borlee and Thomas Jordier of France. Lamote added: “In Eugene I caught Covid and the simple secret to recover then was to get rest, not to train. “I think it's more of a mental thing coming into this being my third championships in four-and-a-half weeks, so it was definitely about picking myself up and focusing,” Hodgkinson said. After the early-evening thunderstorm, a huge rainbow emerged here shortly before the women’s 800m got under way, fading away once the race was over. “It was a beautiful thing to win a medal after so long in front of both my boys and my husband, and I have a group of 60 supporters who are here with me,” Spotakova said. Tzengko, the daughter of Albanian immigrants who gained Greek citizenship in 2018, led from start to finish, opening with 60.82m and following up with her best of the night, a personal best of 65.81m, before concluding with 64.57m. But the double Olympic and three-time world champion responded in characteristic fashion with a final throw that put her in silver position. She will share the podium with 41-year-old world record-holder Barbora Spotakova, who earned her first big medal since winning the 2017 world title, and her first European medal since winning gold in Zurich in 2014, as she claimed bronze with a last-round effort of 60.68m. Bol engaged in a huge struggle around the final bend with Natalia Kaczmarek of Poland and Britain’s Nicole Yeargin before establishing clear dominance over the final 50 metres, with the Poles taking silver in 3:21.68 and Britain earning bronze in 3:21.74 from fourth-placed Belgium, who set a national record of 3:22.12. There was a second championship record in the concluding women’s 3000m steeplechase on the penultimate day of this event when Albania’s Luiza Gega finished in 9:11.31, chased home by Germany’s Lea Meyer in a personal best of 9:15.35 and Britain’s Elizabeth Bird, who earned bronze in 9:23.18. The women’s 4x400m saw Femke Bol, who completed a unique 400m/400m hurdles double last night, adding a third gold as she anchored the Dutch team to gold in 3:20.87, the fastest time run in Europe this season and moving them from 18th to eighth on the European all-time list.

Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday.

Similar successes came at 5.90 and 5.95m. Duplantis came in at 5.65m, with two rivals already out of the reckoning. Duplantis, fresh from breaking his own world record in Eugene as he clinched world gold with 6.21 metres last month, set a championship record of 6.06 metres for gold at the Olympic Stadium.

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men's pole vault and women's 3000m ...

She will share the podium with 41-year-old world record holder Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic, who earned her first big medal since winning the London 2017 world title, and her first European medal since winning gold at Zurich in 2014, as she claimed bronze with a last-round effort of 60.68. Tzengko, the daughter of Albanian immigrants who gained Greek citizenship in 2018, led from start to finish, opening with 60.82m and following up with her best of the night, a personal best of 65.81, before concluding with 64.57. Lewis Davey did well to hang on to the lead under heavy pressure, enabling individual bronze medallist Alex Haydock-Wilson - the man who says he sees angels and devils on the track - maintaining his advantage to the line to bring his team home in 2:59.35. Britain’s men’s 4x400m relay team then delivered a second gold on the night with a performance that called to mind the epic Tokyo 1991 World Championships victory over the United States, where the favourites were confounded by the sight of individual silver medallist Roger Black running the first leg. The 20-year-old made her decisive move 250 metres from the end, taking over the lead from the fading home force of Christina Hering and driving remorselessly for the international title she has sought with such intensity in the past 12 months. "It is still very tough competition out there, so I made sure I was on the ball - I am just happy I executed well, and managed to come away with a gold medal." The second Championship record arrived in the women's 3,000m steeplechase when Gega finished in 9min 11.31sec, chased home by Germany’s Lea Meyer in a personal best of 9:15.35 and Britain’s Elizabeth Bird, who earned bronze in 9:23.18. By which point Hodgkinson, silver medallist at last year’s Olympics and this year’s World Championships and Commonwealth Games, had discovered gold at the end of it. Other than Duplantis, the man who managed best was 23-year-old home vaulter Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, 11th at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and seventh at last year’s World Championships, who earned silver with a best of 5.85m. The women’s 4x400m final saw Bol, who completed a unique 400m/400m hurdles double last night, adding a third gold as she anchored the Dutch team to victory in 3:20.87, the fastest time run in Europe this season. Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men’s pole vault and women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, on a night when Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned a third title and Britain’s 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson finally won a big gold after three big silvers. That only left the question of how high to try and jump before he concluded his efforts, and the 22-year-old Swede selected 6.06m, one centimetre more than his Championship record in Berlin, clearing it first time.

European Pole Vault:Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday.

Lita Baehre was by that stage out of the competition, so Duplantis had the bar raised to 6.06m. Duplantis came in at 5.65m, with two rivals already out of the reckoning. Similar successes came at 5.90 Germany’s Bo Kanda Lita Baehre claimed silver with a best of 5.85m, while Norway’s Pal Haugen Lillefosse took bronze (5.75). European Pole Vault:Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday. European Pole Vault: Sweden ace Armand Duplantis wins gold, Germany’s Bo Kanda settles for silver in Pole Vault

Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday. Duplantis, fresh from breaking his ...

“He is a blessing and I am thankful for this. “It didn’t seem like it was really on the cards today. I feel like I jumped really well, I can’t complain,” he said. Sometimes you have to get over the bar first and then you can celebrate and not before. “I just focused on winning. Similar successes came at 5.90 and 5.95m.

Sweden's Armand “Mondo” Duplantis retained his European pole vault title in comprehensive fashion in Munich on Saturday.

"He is a blessing and I am thankful for this. I feel like I jumped really well, I can't complain," he said in a statement. "It didn't seem like it was really on the cards today. I take everything step by step and I take whatever comes." "I just focused on winning. Similar successes came at 5.90 and 5.95 meters.