{"id":247192,"date":"2026-06-08T00:15:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/australias-kurtis-marschall-beats-pole-vault-king-duplantis-i-didnt-mean-to-spoil-the-show\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:15:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:15:48","slug":"australias-kurtis-marschall-beats-pole-vault-king-duplantis-i-didnt-mean-to-spoil-the-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/australias-kurtis-marschall-beats-pole-vault-king-duplantis-i-didnt-mean-to-spoil-the-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Kurtis Marschall beats pole vault king Duplantis: \u2018I didn\u2019t mean to spoil the show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kurtis Marschall has pulled off one of the upsets of the sporting year as the Australian beat the seemingly unbeatable pole vault king Armand Duplantis in front of his home fans in the Stockholm Diamond League meeting.<\/p>\n

And though the world\u2019s top athlete was not happy his 40-event unbeaten run was ended after nearly three years, especially with his adoring Swedish public cheering him on, he reckoned he was glad it was his Adelaide mate and occasional training partner who was the one to achieve it on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI did not mean to spoil the show but I am so delighted with the win. It has taken a long while to get my first Diamond League victory and I really thought it would never come with Mondo here,\u201d said double Commonwealth champion Marschall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe know he will be back as he won\u2019t like being beaten \u2013 but he told me he was chuffed it was me. I can\u2019t believe it. I\u2019m going to cherish this for my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Duplantis was not just expected to win, but even to have a crack at breaking his world record yet again, but instead, he had the rarest of off-days in difficult gusty conditions as world bronze medalist Marschall clinched the unlikely victory with a clearance of 5.90 metres on his third and final attempt.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Kurtis Marschall celebrates after winning the men’s pole vault final.<\/span> Photograph: Christine Olsson\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Duplantis, who so often seems to be able to clear six metres in his sleep, admitted he may have been distracted with one eye on his upcoming wedding, but he wasn\u2019t about to make excuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was time \u200cto lose, it was a very long time since the last time. I can\u2019t fathom that I won 40 in a row, it\u2019s pretty sick, but it\u2019s also sick that I lose in Stockholm, which is the most important competition of the year for me,\u201d Duplantis said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not the last time I will \u200close, but I \u200chope it\u2019s the \u2060last time I lose in Stockholm, I\u2019m going to make sure of \u200bthat, that it doesn\u2019t happen again. I lost at my home city, I\u2019m here in Stockholm, and I had so much family here, it\u2019s actually the worst thing that could ever happen to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t lost in, what, three years? But big hats off to Kurtis today, he was the better man and he beat me fair and square. I have no excuses.\u201d<\/p>\n

The last time the 26-year-old lost was at the Monaco Diamond League meeting in July 2023, when he tied for fourth and Marschall was again ahead of him, finishing third. But since then, Duplantis has raised the world record nine more times to its current landmark of 6.31m \u2013 15 world records in all.<\/p>\n

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While Marschall made his last-attempt clearance at 5.90, Duplantis, who had cleared 5.80, had confidently raised the bar to 6.00m but he failed twice at that height and once at 6.05 to leave the South Australian gobsmacked.<\/p>\n

\u201cMondo\u2019s one of the best competitors and one of the best blokes. I love him with all my heart,\u201d said Marschall. \u201cTrack and field would not be where it is without Mondo, so we are so lucky to have him in our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

On another fruitful day for the Australian athletes in Europe, middle distance star Cameron Myers and discus stalwart Matthew Denny also finished on the podium.<\/p>\n

In the 1500m, 19-year-old Myers enjoyed a final-lap duel with US Olympic medallist Yared Nuguse, only being passed on the home straight as he clocked 3min 30.32sec to Nuguse\u2019s 3:30.11.<\/p>\n

\u200bOlympic medallist Denny also finished runner-up, producing one of the best throws of his career (69.02m) to finish behind home favourite and world champion Daniel Stahl, who sent out a soaring 69.60m winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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