No world record but Duplantis cruises in Suzhou Diamond League

SUZHOU, China, April 27 (Reuters) - Armand Duplantis missed out on another pole vault world record but made a strong statement ahead of this year's Olympic Games by easing to victory in the second Diamond League event of the season on Saturday. The 24-year-old Olympic champion had broken his own world record with a stellar effort of 6.24 metres at the Xiamen season opener last week and wrapped up another victory in China with his best of 6.00m too good for the rest of the pack. With the bar raised...