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Weltklasse Zurich: Two world records fall, thrilling pole vault duel
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Weltklasse Zurich: Two world records fall, thrilling pole vault duel

From Le Temps · () French

Translated from French and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The Weltklasse Zurich athletics meeting saw two world records broken: Masai Russell in the 100m hurdles and Alison Dos Santos in the 400m hurdles.
  • Swiss pole vaulter Armand Duplantis won with a jump of 6.25m, narrowly missing his own world record, in a competition where he and Emmanouil Karalis both cleared over 6.20m for the first time in history.
  • Swiss runner Audrey Werro ran her third sub-1:54 800m of the year, nearing Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1983 world record.

The Weltklasse Zurich athletics meeting lived up to its name on Thursday evening, delivering a spectacular display of talent that included two new world records and a historic pole vault competition. The Letzigrund stadium was the scene of extraordinary athletic achievements.

The Weltklasse has rarely lived up to its name as well as it did on Thursday evening.

— Article textIntroduction to the event's success.

American Masai Russell, the Olympic champion in the 100m hurdles, set a new world record with a time of 12.09 seconds. She improved the previous record by three hundredths of a second, surpassing Tobi Amusan's mark from July 2022. Amusan finished second in Zurich with 12.23 seconds.

In the men's 400m hurdles, Brazil's Alison Dos Santos broke the world record, clocking in at 45.80 seconds. This performance edged out the previous record held by Norway's Karsten Warholm. Dos Santos, a bronze medalist at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, has now beaten Warholm in every race they've competed in this season.

Masai Russell improved the previous world record by 3 centièmes of a second.

— Article textDetailing Russell's record-breaking performance.

The pole vault competition was equally thrilling, with Sweden's Armand Duplantis winning at 6.25 meters. Greek vaulter Emmanouil Karalis secured second place with a jump of 6.20 meters. This marked the first time in history that two athletes cleared 6.20 meters or higher in the same competition. Both athletes attempted a final height of 6.32 meters, just shy of Duplantis's world record, but were unsuccessful.

Alison Dos Santos improved the world record by 14 centièmes of a second.

— Article textDetailing Dos Santos's record-breaking performance.

Swiss runner Audrey Werro also impressed in the 800 meters, winning the race in 1:53.70. This was her third time running under 1:54 this year, a feat not achieved since the 1980s. While she came close to Jarmila Kratochvilova's 1983 world record of 1:53.28, the record ultimately eluded her for now.

It is the first time in the history of the pole vault that two athletes have cleared 6.20 meters or more in the same competition.

— Article textHighlighting the historic nature of the pole vault event.
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Originally published by Le Temps in French. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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