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Mondo Duplantis withdraws from Diamond League Final with back tightness

From CNA · () English

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  • World-record holder Mondo Duplantis withdrew from the Diamond League Final because of back tightness, one week before the World Athletics Ultimate Championships.
  • His agent said the discomfort had spread from Duplantis' back into his legs and that the athlete did not want to continue.
  • The withdrawal follows his earlier exit from the London Diamond League meeting with leg tightness and raises questions about his fitness for the Budapest championships.

Mondo Duplantis withdrew from the Diamond League Final in Brussels on Friday after feeling tightness in his back, raising doubts about his fitness for the World Athletics Ultimate Championships a week later.

The Swedish pole vault world-record holder and double Olympic gold medallist previously pulled out of the London Diamond League meeting in July because of leg tightness. His latest withdrawal adds to concerns ahead of the championships in Budapest, scheduled for September 11 to 13.

Duplantis' agent, Daniel Wessfeldt, told Swedish media that the athlete had felt something in his back that spread down into his legs. Duplantis decided he did not want to continue.

The inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships will offer a record $10 million prize fund. Each individual champion will receive $150,000, described as the biggest winner's cheque in track and field history.

He has felt something in his back that has spread down into his legs. He felt that he did not want to continue.

· Daniel WessfeldtDuplantis' agent explained the athlete's decision to withdraw from the Diamond League Final.
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