Faultless Duplantis, Hungry Ingebrigtsen Shine at Inaugural Ultimate
Duplantis cleared 6.20 meters and Ingebrigtsen won in 12:59.24 as the new championship opened with eight finals and $150,000 prizes.
- On Friday, the World Athletics Ultimate Championships kicked off in Budapest, Hungary, with US-born Swede Armand Duplantis winning the men's pole vault and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen claiming the 5,000m title.
- Pitched as a season-ending championship to bring together the world's best, the World Athletics Ultimate Championships offers $10 million in prize money across 28 disciplines, with 26 individual events compressed into three nights.
- World record holders Masai Russell and Ja'Kobe Tharp won their respective hurdles races, while Olympic champion Yaroslava Mahuchikh cleared 1.99m to defeat world champion Nicola Olyslagers in the women's high jump.
- The United States secured the 4x100m mixed relay title for $80,000, while Germany's Merlin Hummel emerged as a surprise hammer throw winner, calling his first Ultimate title "very special."
- Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg of Canada was eliminated after two opening no-marks in the hammer throw, but stated "I want to move forward, focus on what I need and get ready for next season.
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Faultless Duplantis, hungry Ingebrigtsen shine at inaugural Ultimate
With unmatched prize money totalling $10 million on offer over 28 disciplines, Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen walked away with $150,000 each for winning the men's pole vault and 5,000m respectively. Pitched as a season-ending championship to bring together the best of the best, including 26 Olympic champions from the 2024 Paris Games, 26 world champions from Tokyo last year and 25 Diamond League winners from the 2026 season, the opening eight finals…
The first ever Ultimate Championship started on Friday.
Swedish pole jumping genius Armand Duplantis won on Friday in Budapest (Hungary) the Ultimate Championships competition, a new competition designed by the International Athletics Federation, with a 6.20m bar crossed in his first try.
The great Emmanuel Karalis took second place in the Ultimate Championship with a jump of 6.15m. - First again the "alien" Monto Duplantis. The post New great performance from Karalis: Second in the Ultimate Championship with a jump of 6.15m. (vids) appeared first on in.gr.
Emmanuel Karalis took second place in the newly established Ultimate Championship, as only... the undefeated Duplantis jumped higher than him. The legendary Greek jumper gave Monto Duplantis a hard time again, but he failed to perform the miracle, thus completing a great season. Karalis was faithful to another big appointment, after passing 6.15m. and finishing well above the rest of his opponents. Karalis: Silver in the new competition with 6.…
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