Duplantis, Seville, Alfred headline Monaco Diamond League

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, Julien Alfred and Oblique Seville headline the Diamond League meet in Monaco on Friday.

The star-studded track and field meet is the 10th of 15 on the elite circuit.

AFP Sport looks at five events to watch at the Stade Louis II stadium.

Men’s pole vault

Pole vault world record holder Duplantis has promised to target a 16th world record in Monaco.

The double Olympic and triple world champion set his first world record of 6.17m back in 2020, and established the most recent mark of 6.31m in Sweden in March.

The 26-year-old recently relocated to Monaco after living in the United States and Sweden, the nation in whose yellow and blue colours he competes.

“Now that I’m here and train here, this is my home stadium and I feel that a world record is needed and it would be fantastic if I was able to do that here,” the newly-married Duplantis said.