Duplantis wins in Doha to complete perfect season


Athletics - Diamond League - Doha - Qatar Sports Club Stadium, Doha, Qatar - September 25, 2020 Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault REUTERS/Ibraheem Al Omari

DOHA (Reuters) - Swedish pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis completed a perfect season when he beat world champion Sam Kendricks at the Doha Diamond League meeting on Friday, the last of a campaign shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 20-year-old won all 16 of his meetings in 2020 as well as twice breaking the world record and producing the best-ever outdoor jump of 6.15 metres.

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