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Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis delivered another slick masterclass in pole vaulting to claim a fourth European pole vault title in Birmingham on Sunday.Duplantis saw off Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis for victory with a championship record of 6.15 metres at Alexander Stadium.Karalis took silver with a clearance of 6.00m, while France's Baptiste Thiery claimed bronze (5.85).’Another medal, I can't complain,’ said Duplantis, the double Olympic champion who has also won three world golds.’It's really amazing. I'm just trying to win.’I'm happy coming out with the win and that was enough for tonight.’I really had a good time this week.’Only three vaulters in the 14-strong field had gone over the 6m mark: Duplantis, Karalis, whose best is 6.17m, and Norway's Sondre Guttormsen, with a personal best of 6.06m.The entry point was 5.55 metres, a height that posed no problem for Duplantis or Karalis.Both vaulters passed as the bar was raised to 5.70m, which four other competitors failed to clear.The bar then went up to 5.85m, Duplantis, Karalis and France's Baptiste Thiery sailing over.There were five more casulaties, Guttormsen and Germany's Bo Kanda Lita Baehre passing after a couple of failures.With the bar at 5.95, the Norwegian and German failed, along with Thiery.Karalis went clear, with Duplantis passing.The bar went up to 6.00m and the US-born Swede failed with his first attempt, as did Karalis, with just the pair left in competition.Duplantis was successful on his second attempt to pile the pressure on the Greek, who delivered at the second time of asking.Both passed at 6.05m, Duplantis clearing 6.10m but Karalis bringing the bar down on his first attempt despite 'Zorba's Dance' booming out over the tannoy.Duplantis turned the screw as Karalis then passed, sailing over 6.15m, a championship record that beat the previous best of 6.10m he set in Rome two years ago.Karalis had nothing to lose so again passed and the bar went up to 6.20m.The Greek had one more attempt to stay in the competition, but just brushed the bar to bring it crashing down to end his evening.There was no tilt at a 16th world record for Duplantis, quick to don his tracksuit and pack up his poles as temperatures dipped. Source link
Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Reuters/File photo) Chinese President Xi Jinping called for improving the country’s ability to prevent, mitigate and respond to natural disasters, after a string of deadly floods and landslides this summer.Xi’s remarks, published on Saturday in Qiushi, a journal central to Communist Party messaging, follow China’s strongest typhoon this year and a series of landslides that killed dozens, underscoring the growing toll of extreme weather on the world’s second-largest economy.”As global warming continues, extreme weather events and disasters such as torrential rains, floods, typhoons, and droughts are increasing significantly, exacerbating their destructive impact,” Xi said, according to the article.Xi urged a shift towards pre-disaster prevention, stronger monitoring and early-warning systems, and efforts to close gaps in flood-control and drainage infrastructure in northern China, the article said. His remarks were drawn from a speech delivered at a Politburo study session on April 28.China’s strongest typhoon this year battered the capital with bouts of intense rain that flooded key roads and stranded vehicles, while lashing wide swathes of the country.Last month, landslides triggered by flash floods in northwestern Gansu province killed 25 people, and another landslide in Chongqing in the southwest caused by a collapsed mountain left 51 dead.China is increasingly battling destructive weather that scientists link to climate change, especially this year, as an emerging El Niño pattern boosts temperatures and fuels more frequent and intense typhoons.China will “continuously improve our ability and level of prevention and response to various natural disasters, and effectively safeguard the lives and property of the people and social stability,” Xi said.Xi said disaster risks must not be allowed to spill into economic, energy, food and social security, and urged the use of technologies including artificial intelligence, drones and satellite remote sensing in rescue efforts. Source link
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