Swedish Pole Vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has broken the world record for the 13th to set a new world record in pole vault for the 14th time.
Duplantis increased his height clearance to 6.30 Metres to win gold at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
The Swede won his first gold medal at the Olympics in Tokyo during the Olympics in 2021 that was heavily affected by the COVID 19 pandemic. Duplantis registered a clearance of 6.02 Metres.
Duplantis hasn’t been beaten in a competition in two years and has won 16 consecutive events this year.
“It’s better than I could have imagined. To give you guys this world record is amazing. For the past two weeks, I really enjoyed being in Tokyo.”
“I feel the only way to leave Japan was to set the world record. That was my mentality. I was feeling really good the whole day. I knew I had the record in me. I am glad it all worked out” Duplantis said according to World Athletics.
