Emmanouil Karalis out to beat Mondo Duplantis in Poland
Last yr, Karalis needed to accept silver behind Duplantis at each the World Championships in Tokyo and World Indoor Championships in Nanjing.
But he’s decided to beat his pal and rival in Poland, one thing he has solely carried out as soon as earlier than, when he positioned fifth and Duplantis seventh at the 2018 World Indoors.
“Every athlete here wants to win,” stated Karalis, talking at the Kujawy Pomorze 2026 pre-event press convention on Thursday (19 March). “Everyone competing desires to win gold.
“I additionally need to win, however my important aim is to do the finest that I can. If I go away the enviornment and know I gave all the things, I will probably be glad.
“But I believe in myself and my skills to leap excessive. I know that I’m harmful if I’m having fun with myself.
“You by no means know what is going on to occur. That’s why we’re competing and why we’ve got World Championships.”
