Kurtis Marschall has pulled off one of the boilovers of the sporting year as the Australian beat the seemingly unbeatable pole vault king Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis in front of his home fans in the Stockholm Diamond League meeting.
And though the world's top athlete wasn't at all happy his 40-event unbeaten run was ended after nearly three years, especially with his adoring Swedish public cheering him on, he reckoned he was glad it was his Adelaide mate and occasional training partner who was the one to achieve it on Sunday.
"I did not mean to spoil the show but I am so delighted with the win. It has taken a long while to get my first Diamond League victory and I really thought it would never come with Mondo here," smiled the incredulous 29-year-old double Commonwealth champ Marschall.
