Sweden's Duplantis breaks world pole vault record
Mondo Duplantis raises his own world record to 6.27 meters
FILE PHOTO - Armand Duplantis of Team Sweden competes during the Men's Pole Vault Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 05, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo: Anadolu Agency, Mustafa Çiftçi
ISTANBUL
Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis set a new world pole vault record on Friday, clearing 6.27 meters at the All Star Perche, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting.
"I just felt really good. What can I say? I came here to do it. I put everything in place to do it. The run-up worked really well. I just did it," Duplantis said after his record-breaking jump.
"Sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's not, but there's a lot of hard work, hardship, bad days, good days, everything in between that gets you to the easier moments," he added.
The 25-year-old, a two-time Olympic and world champion, cleared the height on his first attempt, surpassing his previous record of 6.26 meters set last year.
Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis finished second with a national record clearance of 6.02 meters, while six men cleared 5.91 meters or higher for the first time in a single competition.
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