STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Swedish star Armand “Mondo” Duplantis fell to his first loss in the pole vault since 2023 at his home Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday.
Duplantis cleared 5.80 meters — 0.51 lower than his latest world record — but failed twice at 6.00 and once at 6.05.
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Sweden's Armand Duplantis during the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis after the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis reacts after the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Kurtis Marschall of Australia won with a vault of 5.90.
It was Duplantis’ first outdoor event of the year.
″I felt a bit unfocused today," Duplantis said in quotes on olympics.com, "and I really did not want to lose here in front of my family and fans.
“I have not lost in three years, but hats off to Kurtis today who beat me fair and square and I have no excuses."
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Sweden's Armand Duplantis during the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis after the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis reacts after the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the men's pole vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting in Stockholm, Sweden, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga said he was arrested Monday alongside other activists protesting planned construction inside Nairobi National Park.
Police fired tear gas canisters at the protesters who were marching outside the park while carrying banners with messages denouncing land grabs.
Maraga was detained and later released while staging a sit-in on a major road outside the national park’s main gate. He was wearing a green T-shirt similar to those worn by other activists.
The police have yet to comment on the reason for his arrest.
Maraga wrote on X that he was arrested while heading to present a petition to the Kenya Wildlife Service.
“Our national heritage and environment must be safeguarded from greed and unnecessary destruction without public participation,” he said.
Hundreds of activists joined the protest against the planned construction inside the park and the relocation of an orphanage, calling it an attempt to grab public land.
Kenya has experienced incidents of land grabbing in the past, and environmentalists have often spoken out when parks and other green spaces are encroached upon.
Amnesty International in Kenya expressed solidarity with the protesters and called for members of the public to be included in decisions affecting the country’s environmental heritage.
“We want to categorically state that Nairobi National Park is not for sale; our public spaces, our environment, and our rights cannot be traded away behind closed doors,” the rights group said.
The Kenya Wildlife Service on Sunday defended the construction as part of a plan to expand the orphanage and improve the visitor experience, effectively dismissing claims of land grabbing.
Kenya Wildlife Service security personnel stand at the entrance to Nairobi National Park during a protest over plans affecting the park in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Plainclothes police officers arrest protesters during a demonstration against plans they say would affect wildlife habitat in Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Protesters carry placards during a demonstration against plans they say would affect wildlife habitat in Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Protesters flee as anti-riot police launch tear gas during a protest over plans affecting Nairobi National Park in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
Kenya's former chief justice and presidential contender David Maraga, center, is shielded by protesters in Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, June 8, 2026, during a protest over plans affecting Nairobi National Park. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
