Armand Duplantis broke his personal pole vault world document as soon as once more as he cleared 6.26 metres on the second try on the Silesia Diamond League assembly, on Sunday. He broke the world document for the tenth time in his profession, surpassing the 6.25 metres he cleared after retaining his Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024. In Poland, he additionally raised the bar to six.26, bagging victory at 6.0 metres.
Talking after his historic feat, he advised Reuters, “This yr I centered on the Olympics, the document simply got here naturally as a result of I used to be in good condition. So I’m not stunned with the document right this moment, however I’m grateful.”
“It nearly feels bizarre and unnatural to get a lot love and assist from the crowds after I compete. I see that particularly in Poland. The vitality on this stadium simply retains getting higher yearly. My first world document additionally got here in Poland, indoors in Torun (in 2020), so I’ve nice recollections from right here,” he added.
In the meantime, Paris 2024 silver medallist Sam Kendricks of the USA received previous 6.00 metres, earlier than failing to get previous 6.08 and needed to accept second place. In the meantime, Paris 2024 bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis (Greece) got here third.
Born in 1999 in Lousiana to an American pole vaulter father and Swedish lengthy jumper mom, Duplantis has sporting execellence in his genetics. He represents his mom’s nation, and clinched the U-18 title in 2015, nonetheless solely 4 months shy of his sixteenth birthday, and hasn’t regarded again since then.
Right here is the timeline of Duplantis’ 10 world data:
(12 months-WR-Venue)
1. 2020 – 6.17m – Tolun, Poland
2. 2020 – 6.18m – Glasgow, United Kingdom
3. 2022 – 6.19m – Belgrade, Serbia
4. 2022 – 6.20m – Belgrade, Serbia
5. 2022 – 6.21m – Eugene, USA
6. 2023 – 6.22m – Clermong-Ferrand, France
7. 2023 – 6.23m – Eugene, USA
8. 2024 – 6.24m – Xiamen, China
9. 2024 – 6.25m – Saint-Denis, France
10. 2024 – 6.26m – Chorzow, Poland
What occurred at Paris Olympics 2024
On the Stade de France in Paris, he despatched all the crowd into meltdown in the course of the Olympics, when he cleared 6.25 metres. Simply as he broke the document, he ran the stands to his girlfriend. “It is onerous to grasp, actually,” he mentioned.
“If I don’t beat this second in my profession, then I am fairly OK with that. I don’t suppose you may get a lot better than what simply occurred,” he added. Following Paris 2024, he went on a trip to Greece.
Additionally praising the Paris crowd, he mentioned, “I attempted to clear my ideas as a lot as I may. The group was going loopy. It was so loud in there, it appeared like an American soccer sport. I’ve just a little little bit of expertise being in a 100,000-capacity stadium, however I used to be by no means the centre of consideration. [I was] simply making an attempt to channel the vitality all people was giving me, they usually have been giving me lots of it. It labored out.”
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