US EditionMondo Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 12th time
- Armand Duplantis set a new world record in the men's pole vault for the 12th occasion by vaulting 6.28 meters at Sunday’s Diamond League competition held at Stockholm's Olympic Stadium.
- Duplantis targeted breaking the record at home as a major goal and promised fans beforehand he would attempt the world record in front of a supportive sellout crowd.
- Duplantis saw the conditions as perfect, cleared the bar on his first try despite feeling not at his best physically, and celebrated passionately with family and fans present.
- Duplantis said, "It's a magical feeling," and described breaking the record as feeling like "the very first time" while comparing the atmosphere to the Olympics.
- Breaking the record on home soil with family present fulfilled one of Duplantis’s biggest dreams and reinforced his status as a dominant double Olympic champion in pole vaulting.
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At the age of 25, Armand Duplantis continues to put golden letters in his name. The Swede beat for the twelfth time the world record of jumping with garrocha. However, this was the most special, as he achieved it in the Olympic Stadium of Stockholm, the same scenario where he jumped for the first time, at 11. “It is one of the best days of my life,” he recognized after getting the plusmark in the Diamond League. The 6 meters and 28 centimeters i…
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Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis isn’t just one of the world’s greatest athletes. He might also be the most financially savvy elite athlete of all-time. Duplantis, who was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, set the pole vault world record with a vault of 6.28 meters (20 feet, 7 inches for us Americans) over the weekend at an event in Stockholm. And in doing so, he collected $100,000 thanks to a program set up by World Athletics to rewa…
Mondo Duplantis continues hot streak at Wanda Diamond League, breaks world record for whopping 12th time
Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis has continued his hot streak as he broke the record for the highest jump for a record-breaking 12th time on Sunday (June 15) in the Wanda Diamond League.
Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record in Stockholm for 12th time
It has become a habit for the 25-year-old Swedish-American pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis to break the world record, set a new one only to leapfrog it again. Duplantis running it to jump over the 6m bar and then 6.28m in first attempt in front of his home crowd and friends and family as the Stadion was up on its feet. Duplantis admitted that this one wasn't as straightforward as he has done in the past, but as soon as he landed on the mat…
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