New Delhi: Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis has shattered the world record in the men’s pole vault event for the 11th time in his career. He bettered his own mark at 6.27m at the All Star Perche event, a World Athletics Silver meeting in Clermont-Ferrand in France on Friday.
Starting the event, the 25-year-old athlete made a clearance of 6.02m to secure the win. Thereafter, he went on to challenge his own record, which was set in August last year in Silesia. He improved it by one centimetre to change the world record once again after six months.
“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 the feat, as quoted by news agency AFP.
THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT ⭐️@mondohoss600 soars to his 1️⃣1️⃣th world record with 6.27m 🤯🤩😎😤
📍 @AllStarPerche #WorldIndoorTour pic.twitter.com/QK2R022RYr
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) February 28, 2025
Duplantis’ new released song Bop, which came just before the meet, was played at the Clermont-Ferrand Sports Hall.
“That was my song that was playing. When I made this song a couple of months ago, I thought this wold be a perfect song to jump to here. That’s why I rushed it out,” the double-Olympic champion said.
Second time in Clermont-Ferrand
This was also the second time that Duplantis, who is popularly known as ‘Mondo’, has created a world record in Clermont-Ferrand. He cleared 6.22m in the French city in what was the sixth time he had broken the world record in 2023.
MONDO DUPLANTIS BREAKS THE POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD FOR THE 11TH TIME IN HIS CAREER. 6.27M CLEARED! pic.twitter.com/7rd67JDTrF
— Chris Chavez (@ChrisChavez) February 28, 2025
The ace Swedish athlete first broke the world record in February 2020 with a mark of 6.17m in Torun. He clinched a second successive gold medal in the men’s pole vault event at the Paris Olympics 2024 with the then world record mark of 6.25m. In the same month last year, he bettered it by another centimetre at 6.26m at the Diamond League meet.
The Lousiana-born athlete is the first man to retain his pole vault gold medal at the Olympics since America’s Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956. He will now have the opportunity to bag a hat-trick of gold medals at both the indoor and outdoor world championships later in the year.
Armand Duplantis, the Swedish pole vaulter, has broken the world record for the 11th time, achieving a remarkable 6.27m at the All Star Perche event in Clermont-Ferrand. This victory marks his second world record in the French city. Other Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
