Duplantis in the city
While the main event at Athletissima will be at the Stade de la Pontaise on Friday, athletics fans in Lausanne will be in for a bonus treat the previous evening when world record holder Mondo Duplantis heads up a city event in the men’s pole vault. There will be no Diamond League points on offer, but that won’t matter to the Swede, who has already locked down his place in the series final on September 7-8th. If history is anything to go by, we may be in for another huge jump from the reigning Diamond League champion: two years ago, he cleared 6.07m on the street in Lausanne, then the highest outdoor jump for 26 years.