What a star!

Swedish supertalent Armand Duplantis won the pole vault gold medal in the Atketics Track and Field European Championship in Berlin tonight. He is 17 years old!

In the, according to experts, best pole vault competition ever Duplants broke the Junior World record and the magic 6 meter border by winning on 6.05 meters. The tenth person jumping over 6 meters ever. The first teenager to do so.

6.05 is the second best outdoor pole vault result ever in history, only 9 cm from Sergey Bubkas impissible record.

In this unbelievable competition Armand beat several of the greatest pole vaulters ever – including hos own childhood idol (pole vault legend) Renaud Lavillene from France who won the bronze medal on 5.95.

Duplantis took 5.90, his personal record 5.95, 6 meters and 6.05 meters all in his first attempts.

Now the super talent is celebrated worldwide as the biggest pole vault talent since Sergei Bubka and the new super star of track and field after Usain Bolt. Amazing.

My KGH colleague Lovisa Lindh, who won the 800 meters running ronze medal in the last European Championship, did inspite of a difficult season with inburies, another great championship and run the final also this time on 800 meters. Very well done Lovisa!