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2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's Pole Vault
The men's pole vault at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 26 August 2023. Summary Rather than apply tiebreakers, all 13 who cleared 5.75m in the preliminary round qualified for the final. Two of them were unable to clear 5.75 again in the final. Through the next height of 5.85m, only five got over the bar. World record holder / defending champion Armand Duplantis and Thibaut Collet remained perfect. At 5.90m Ernest John Obiena, Chris Nilsen and Collet cleared on their first attempt. Kurtis Marschall missed his first attempt, then passed to the next height. Duplantis passed it entirely. At 5.95m, Marschall redeemed his pass, with a first attempt clearance. Marschall is one of only three people to have bested Duplantis in a global competition, at the 2016 U20 Championships when Marschall was 19 and Duplantis was 17. Obiena, Duplantis and Nilsen all followed along making it on their first attempts. ...
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Armand Duplantis
Armand "Mondo" Gustav Duplantis (born 10 November 1999), is a Swedish and American pole vaulter who competes for Sweden. Regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, Duplantis is the current List of world records in athletics, world record holder at and the winner of seven senior global titles. He is a two-time Olympic (Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2020 and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault, 2024) champion, a two-time World outdoor (2022 World Athletics Championships, 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships, 2023) champion and a three-time World indoor (2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2022, 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2024 and 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2025) champion. Duplantis is also the current 2022 European Athletics Championships, European champion. Duplantis won titles as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2015 World Youth Championshi ...
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Clermont-Ferrand
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Bergen
Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 2025 the population is 294 029 according to Statistics Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of Bergenshalvøyen. The city centre and northern neighbourhoods are on Byfjorden (Hordaland), Byfjorden, 'the city fjord'. The city is surrounded by mountains, causing Bergen to be called the "city of Seven Mountains, Bergen, seven mountains". Many of the extra-municipal suburbs are on islands. Bergen is the administrative centre of Vestland county. The city consists of eight boroughs: Arna, Bergen, Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Bergen, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, Bergen, Årstad, and Åsane. Trading in Bergen may have started as early as the 1020s. According to tradition, the city was founded in 1070 by King Ol ...
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List Of Asian Records In Athletics
Asian records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Asian Athletics Association. The organisation is responsible for ratification and it analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing that the correct measures are in place (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: a = aided road course according to IAAF rule 260.28 # = not recognised by association ! = timing by photo-electric cell Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women Notes References ;GeneralAsian Records & Best Performances''31 December 2024 updated'' ;Specific External linksAAA websiteAAA Records subpage
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Okkert Brits
Okkert Brits (born 22 August 1973, in Uitenhage) is a former South African track and field athlete who specialised in the pole vault. He was the silver medallist at the World Championships in Athletics in 2003. He was a four-time champion at the African Championships in Athletics and twice champion at the All-Africa Games. He was a gold medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and took bronze at the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships. His personal best of 6.03 m, set in 1995, is the African record. This made him the first African in the 6 metres club of vaulters. He competed in the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games finishing seventh in 2000. He ranked number one in the world for the 1995 season. He has been married to Jane Gillespie since 2003; they are the parents of Sarah Jane Brits (born in 2005) and David Okkert Brits (born in 2006). In 2009, Brits took part in the 3rd season of Survivor: South Africa, placing eighth. In January 2003, Brits tested positive for a ban ...
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List Of African Records In Athletics
African records in sport of athletics, athletics are the best marks set in track and field and road running events by an athlete who competes for a member nation of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA). The organisation is responsible for ratification and analyses each record before approving it. Records may be set in any continent and at any competition, providing the correct measures (such as wind-gauges) to allow for a verifiable and legal mark. Outdoor Key to tables: Men Women Mixed Indoor Men Women See also Notes References ;General *CAAAfrican Outdoor Records''31 December 2023 updated'' *CAAAfrican Indoor Records''8 March 2022 updated'' ;Specific External linksCAA web siteCAA African Records subpage
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