Armand Duplantis and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce suffered shock defeats at the Diamond League meet in Brussels on Friday. World, Olympic and European pole vault champion Duplantis, also the world record holder, failed three times at 5.91 metres. That failure handed victory to Ernest Obiena of the Philippines. It was Duplantis’s first defeat in a dominant season in which he won two world titles, indoor and out, setting two new world records (6.20 and 6.21m) in the process.

Filipino Obiano, was to follow, the rest of the field heading for an early shower. Obiano cleared 5.91m on the third time of asking.