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Athletics resumes with one-off international pole vault clash in stars' gardens

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Athletics will get around lockdown restrictions tomorrow by staging an international competition - in back gardens almost 5,000 miles apart.

Dubbed the Ultimate Garden Challenge, pole vault world record holder Mondo Duplantis will take on two-time world champion Sam Kendricks and 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie live across social media.

Each has facilities at home, with Sweden's Duplantis and American Kendricks based 250 miles apart in the USA and Frenchman Lavillenie in Clermont-Ferrand.

The event will see each man attempt to clear five metres as many times as possible in 30 minutes - as it is not possible to have officials on hand to regulate a standard competition. "We definitely are going to enjoy this," said Duplantis, who

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