US EditionSimone Biles, Mondo Duplantis win big at 25th Anniversary Laureus World Sports Awards
- Simone Biles and Mondo Duplantis won the Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year awards at the 25th Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid on April 21, 2025.
- Their awards followed outstanding performances at the Paris Olympics, where Biles added three golds and a silver, and Duplantis secured his second consecutive Olympic gold and broke his own pole vault world record.
- Duplantis, a 25-year-old Swedish pole vaulter from Lafayette, became the second track-and-field athlete to win the Sportsman award after Usain Bolt, while Biles tied tennis legend Serena Williams with four Sportswoman awards.
- Duplantis expressed great pride in receiving his inaugural Laureus award, describing it as the most prestigious honor for athletes and noting that winning it is even more challenging than earning an Olympic gold medal, according to Reuters.
- The awards celebrated not only athletic excellence but also contributions to society, exemplified by the Sport for Good Award to Kick4Life, while the event highlighted camaraderie among competitors like Biles and Rebeca Andrade.
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Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Olympic pole vault champion and Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis was named the 2025 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year. Duplantis won his second Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He has broken his pole vault world record three times. The current world record is 6.27 meters or 20 feet and 6.75 inches. Laureus is a global charitable organization that, according to its website, "celebrates sporting…
Former LSU pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year
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