Sweden's Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record again to top off Olympic gold at Paris 2024
Sweden's Armand Duplantis set a new world record of 6.25m after winning gold in the men's pole vault on Monday night.
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The 24-year-old, who had already done enough to defend his Olympic title, went on to add one centimetre to the record he set in April this year.
Armand Duplantis did it again, breaking the pole vault record for the ninth time in his career with a majestic 6.25m clearance, having already locked up his second Olympic gold medal.
The 24-year-old Swede, better known as Mondo, had the Stade de France captivated well after the track events had ended with Keely Hodgkinson’s 800m gold. He waited for her to fly past and then set about adding another centimetre to his legacy.
And after two failed attempts, Duplantis sailed over the bar.
And he improved his world best of 6.24m, that he set in April, by one centimetre at his third and final attempt, to the delight of the crowd in the Stade de France.
The two-time world champion has now broken the record on nine occasions.
American Sam Kendricks, cleared 5.95m to take silver, while Greece's Emmanouil Karalis secured bronze on countback with a best of 5.90m.
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Duplantis, the first athlete to retain the pole vault title since American Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956, raced to his friends and family after breaking the world record.
He then embarked on a lap of the track draped in the Swedish flag, as Abba's 'Dancing Queen' blasted out of the stadium sound system.
