southeast China's Fujian Province, April 20, 2024. Armand Duplantis broke the men's pole vault world record with 6.24 meters in the Diamond League Xiamen event. (Xinhua/Li Ming)
Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record on Saturday, clearing 6.22 meters to add one centimeter to his previous mark at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Saturday's effort marks the sixth world record of Armand Duplantis’ career...
Ad Feedback He cleared every vault on his first attempt, even sailing over his record-breaking one, demonstrating the ease with which he has come to push the limits of his sport. And, as the Paris Olympic Games creep ever closer, Duplanti...
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis broke his own men’s pole vault world record on Monday, jumping 6.19 meters on his third attempt at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting.
[...]of the various jumping competitions for men, the pole vault is the only one to have seen regular progression in the world record throughout its history. Since the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) began keeping track of these things in 1912, the men's triple-...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis again broke his own pole vault world record, clearing 6.20 meters (20 feet, 4 inches) at the world indoor championships Sunday. The 22-year-old Swede had promised “something higher” at the event and set the new mark at his th...
PUMA athlete Armand “Mondo” Duplantis entered the history books last night by breaking the outdoor pole-vault world record, which was set well before he was born and has stood for 26 years. The previous outdoor world record of 6 meters 14 centimeters was set by Ukrainian Sergey Bubka in...
Gold medalist Mondo Duplantis of Sweden celebrates after setting a new world record during the men's pole vault final. Hannah Peters/Getty Images At just 24, Duplantis is now a two-time Olympic champion, a two-time world champion, and he continues to extend his ever-growing world record. ...
Following the closure of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 a few days ago, I wanted to take a look at the track record ofArmand “Mondo” Duplantis, one of the dominant athletes of our times that set a new world record in the pole vault competition with 6.25m. For that purpose I used the...
Metal pole vaulters, Bob Richards ("Wheaties" spokesman) and Don Bragg (metal pole world record holder), made a clearly over confident "open-offer" of a $10,000 REWARD to anyone who can vault higher than 15' 9 1/4" using a METAL vaulting pole. This turns out to be a harebrained ...