Australian Kurtis Marschall knew he couldn’t beat pole vault great Armand Duplantis, but was elated to win a medal and end up on the podium with the man called “Mondo”.
This time there were no hugs. There were no tears, no “hey brother, do you wanna share this?” questions.
“Chris and I were like if we have to jump off for this we were absolutely buggered, and we wanted to do exactly what Nina and Katie did the other night; copy them,” Marschall said. Pole vaulter extraordinaire Armand Duplantis plummets towards a gold medal at the world championships in Budapest.His Mondo won the gold medal when he jumped 6.10m, without missing a height, and then raised the bar to 6.23m – beyond his own 6.22m world record.“I know the guy is always going to come out and perform – it was an abnormality in Monaco a couple of weeks ago where I managed to sneak one ahead of him , but I don’t expect to ever beat that guy for the rest of my career. And if I do, I am super lucky, but I know that he is like a generational talent.
The men’s pole vault podium at the world championships in Budapest was filled by silver medalist Ernest John Obiena, of the Philippines, US bronze medallist Christopher Nilsen, winner Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, and Australian Kurtis Marschall, who shared the bronze with Nilson.By jumping 5.95m to tie for bronze with Nilsen, Marschall equalled his personal-best jump.
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