MONACO: Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis insisted on Thursday he was unfazed by the lateness of the world championships in Tokyo, the Sept 13-21 event bringing the curtain down on a gruelling season.
The championships are generally held in August, with the exception of the 2019 edition in Doha, where it was pushed back to the last week of September in a bid to beat the suffocating heat in the Gulf state.
The 2027 world champs in Beijing will also be held in September.
But the unflappable double Olympic champion, speaking in Monaco ahead of Friday’s Diamond League meet, the 10th of the 15-meet elite circuit, put any fears of burnout in what is one of track and field’s toughest events to one side.