Slovenian athlete third in Diamond League; Duplantis suffers surprise defeat

Slovenian discus champion Kristjan Čeh claimed third place at the athletics Diamond League event in Stockholm, Sweden, his first time not winning an event this season. He threw 66.23 meters in the first round, placing him second initially, but was surpassed by Sweden's Daniel Ståhl and Australia's Matt Denny in later rounds. Čeh improved to 67.30 meters in the third series, securing his third-place finish.

In the pole vault, Armand Duplantis, the reigning Olympic champion and world record holder, experienced one of his few defeats. He was beaten by Australian Kurtis Marschall, who cleared 5.90 meters. Duplantis managed 5.80 meters and failed in his attempts at higher heights, ending his impressive streak of victories dating back to July 2023.

Daniel Ståhl of Sweden won the discus event with a throw of 69.60 meters, followed by Matt Denny of Australia with 69.02 meters. Denny, a bronze medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, secured second place. Čeh, Ståhl, and Denny are currently tied at the top of the overall standings with 14 points each.

Slovenia's other representative, Anej Čurin Prapotnik, finished third in the 100-meter race with a time of 10.28 seconds, though this event did not count towards the Diamond League points. He expressed satisfaction with the latter part of his race, noting improvement compared to the previous year.

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I am grateful that I got the opportunity to compete in such an important competition. This gives me extra motivation for the next races of the season. My performance was good and bad at the same time. I started quite well, then fell behind a bit after 15, 20 meters. I am satisfied with the second part of the race, where I am no longer lagging as much as last year.