Silesia Diamond League 2024: Kurtis Marschall finishes seventh in pole vault

Australia’s Kurtis Marschall finished seventh in the men’s pole vault at the Silesia Diamond League 2024 in Poland on Sunday.

Kurtis Marschall recorded a clearance of 5.72m in the third round in his third Diamond League event of the athletics season. Marschall finished joint-third with 5.82m at the Lausanne Diamond League last week.

He had finished sixth at the Paris Diamond League in July before ending up in the same position in the final at the Paris 2024 Olympics after achieving a mark of 5.85m.

The podium finishes in the men’s pole vault in Silesia resembled the Paris Summer Games podium.

Two-time Olympic champion Armand Duplantis of Sweden stole headlines once again after improving the world record to 6.26m just two weeks after setting the world record with 6.25m in Paris.

Sam Kendricks of the USA, who took the silver at Paris 2024, secured second place with a 6.00m jump while Paris Olympics bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis of Greece settled for third, also with 6.00m.

Australia’s Stewart McSweyn finished 13th in the men’s 3000m event with 7:40.24 while two-time Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen lit up the event. The Norwegian set a new world record after clocking 7:17.55 just weeks after winning the gold medal in men’s 5000m at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Berihu Aregawi set a new Ethiopian national record with 7:21.28 to finish second while his compatriot Yomif Kejelcha settled for third after clocking 7:28.44.

Mohammed Ahmed (7:31.96), Adriaan Wildschutt (7:32.99) and Mike Foppen (7:34.47) also set the national records for Canada, South Africa and the Netherlands, respectively, in an intensely-contested race.

In the women’s 1500m, Australia’s Sarah Billings (4:00.41) finished ninth while Linden Hall (4:02.35) came in 12th.

The event was won by Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia (3:57.08) while her national team-mate Freweyni Hailu (3:57.88) finished second. Georgia Bell of Great Britain (3:58.11) settled for third place.