Pole vault world record holder Armand Mondo Duplantis will aim to win a fifth successive Diamond League title on Wednesday in Zurich, the Swiss city hosting the circuits finals just two weeks before the world championships in Tokyo.
I have to be focused, I cant slack, said the US-born Swede, who has been in electric form, setting a 13th world record, of 6.29 metres, in Budapest earlier this month.
High expectations are better than no expectations. Its a good problem, honestly, he said of the publics perception of the current state of the pole vault competition.