AS Swedish double Olympic pole vault champion Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis took the spotlight, Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena settled for seventh place at the Stockholm Diamond League meet on Sunday evening (Manila time).
Duplantis broke the existing world record again by a centimeter when he cleared 6.28 meters at the Olympic Stadium.
It was the 12th time that Duplantis broke the world record after he cleared 6.27 meters last February.
Duplantis finished ahead of Australia’s Kurtis Marschall, who came close to his personal best this year at 5.90 meters.
Meno Vloon of the Netherlands hit the 5.8-meter mark for the bronze medal.
As for Obiena, he jumped a height of 5.70 meters in his second attempt, before missing his bid at 5.80 meters thrice and a chance to get a podium finish.
Meanwhile, Hokett de los Santos cleared 5.10 meters and placed 11th out of 18 entries in the 2025 Busan International Pole Vault Meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour Challenger.
Delos Santos first soared to heights of 4.80, 5.00 and 5.10 before failing at 5.20 meters.
Hokett joins another meet in late September, in time for his buildup for the SEA Games.
