Overview
- Duplantis pulled out minutes before the men's pole vault was due to begin on Friday after feeling a recurrence of tightness during warm‑ups.
- The athlete said the problem began in London and returned in Zurich, where he pushed through and cleared 6.25m last week.
- His agent, Daniel Wessfeldt, told Swedish media that Duplantis felt something in his back that spread into his legs and decided he could not continue.
- In Duplantis's absence Emmanouil Karalis won the Diamond League pole vault in Brussels with a meeting record of 6.12m.
- The late withdrawal puts a question mark over Duplantis's ability to compete in the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championships in Budapest and shifts the season's focus from records to recovery and medical decisions.