SUZHOU, China (Reuters) - Armand Duplantis missed out on another pole vault world record but made a strong statement ahead of this year's Olympic Games by easing to victory in the second Diamond League event of the season on Saturday. The 24-year-o.
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SUZHOU, China: Armand Duplantis missed out on another pole vault world record but made a strong statement ahead of this year s Olympic Games by easing to victory in the second Diamond League event.
Two hundred meters is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
That’s the distance that separates Florence’s Gabby Thomas from an Olympic medal in Tokyo. She has the fastest time in the world this year 21.61 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials. That mark is the second quickest ever behind Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.
Thomas will make her Olympic debut in the first round heats at 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The semifinals follow later that night in Japan, which is 6:25 a.m. Monday. If she makes it out of them, she’ll contest the final with the fastest women in the world at 8:50 a.m. Tuesday.
Olympics: Gabby Thomas perfect for 200 >Florence’s Gabby Thomas, left, celebrates after winning the final in the women s 200-meter run with Anavia Battle at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, June in Eugene, Ore. AP >Florence’s Gabby Thomas celebrates after winning the final in the women s 200-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials June 26 in Eugene, Ore. AP
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Two hundred meters is twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.
That’s the distance that separates Florence’s Gabby Thomas from an Olympic medal in Tokyo. She has the fastest time in the world this year 21.61 seconds at the U.S. Olympic Trials. That mark is the second quickest ever behind Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988.