To beat Armand Duplantis once in a lifetime was extraordinary enough, but Kurtis Marschall must feel that defeating him twice in a season was always a dream too far.
Marschall entered rarefied territory in June when he became the first man to outleap the great Duplantis in 40 events stretching back to 2023 - and in 'Mondo's' Stockholm backyard, too.
But, apart from one injury retirement in London since then, normal service has been resumed in the most merciless fashion with the Swede going unbeaten, culminating in his latest Diamond League masterclass on the banks of Lake Geneva in Lausanne on Thursday night.
