Olympics: Nina Kennedy chats with media after her historic win in the pole vault. She is the first Australian athlete to win a field gold medal!
Karsten Warholm’s hilarious reaction after pole vault king Armand Duplantis wins epic ‘battle of legends’Pole vault king Armand Duplantis beat 400m hurdles master Karsten Warholm in a one-off 100m exhibition race in Zurich on Wednesday.
Duplantis, the newly-crowned double Olympic champion who has broken the pole vault world record an incredible ten times, even threw across a cheeky peak to his right as he went through the line. Organisers managed to pack around 2500 fans into the main tribune, tickets selling for up to 100 Swiss francs .
Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis presents a Sweden jersey to be worn by Norwegian hurdler and sprinter Karsten Warholm after winning a head-to-head exhibition 100m sprint race. Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFPOn the night, each athlete was welcomed onto the track at the 50m mark in a glitzy walk-on worthy of prize fighters.
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