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Duplantis, Tsegay set new records

Duplantis and Ethiopia distance runner Gudaf Tsegay both set new world records on Sunday to wrap up the season at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet.

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Sweden’s Armand Duplantis in Eugene, US, on Sunday. PIC/AFP

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis in Eugene, US, on Sunday. PIC/AFP

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis didn’t exactly remember soaring over the bar to set a new world record at the Prefontaine Classic, but knew what came next. “I just looked up and the bar was still there,” he laughed.

Duplantis and Ethiopia distance runner Gudaf Tsegay both set new world records on Sunday to wrap up the season at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet. Known as Mondo, Duplantis leaped 6.23m). The reigning world champion broke his own record of 6.22m which he had set indoors earlier this year.

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