Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis has become the first Greek pole vaulter to have jumped higher than six metres on Sunday, August 25 at the Wanda Diamond League competition in Silesia, Poland.
“Legendary Emmanouil Karalis! He became the first Greek to break the 6-metre barrier in the pole vault. The previous record of 5.93 was his since last June,” the Hellenic Olympic Committee wrote on Facebook.
Earlier this month, Karalis came in third in the pole vault competition at the Paris Olympics, bringing home one of eight Olympic bronze medals won by Greece.
Karalis’ 6.00 metre jump placed him third at the event, after USA pole vaulter Sam Kendricks who also jumped 6.00 metres.
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis came in first with a 6.26 metres jump, breaking the previous world record of 6.25m of which he set at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Source: AMNA.gr.
