European athletics championships - five talking points

AFP Sports looks at five talking points at a championships that will be held at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, host to the 1960 Games. - Duplantis on a high It would take a brave punter to bet against Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis soaring to victory in the men's pole vault. The US-born Swede touches down in Rome fresh from sealing the world indoor title and bettering his own world record, now standing at 6.24 metres. Competition is often over and won before he moves on to attempt a new record. "I am in a...