Athletics phenomenon Mondo Duplantis has set yet one more world document – the thirteenth of his profession.
The Swedish pole vaulter added one other centimetre to his all-time document, together with his new peak at 6.29m.
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He achieved the feat – his third world document of 2025 – on the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Hungary’s capital Budapest.
And the 25-year-old’s timing couldn’t be significantly better, with the World Athletics Championship going down in a month’s time in Tokyo.
There Duplantis will defend his world title, whereas he’s additionally the reigning Olympic champion, taking back-to-back gold medals at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Ought to he maintain going, he’ll proceed to shut in on Sergei Bubka’s unbelievable pole vault streak within the Eighties and Nineties.
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The Ukrainian improved his world document by a centimetre seventeen instances, together with his remaining leap in 1994.
His document stood for nearly 20 years earlier than being taken by Frenchman Renaud L’Avillie in 2014.
Duplantis has now taken their information and fairly actually run with them, celebrating in type this time in Hungary.
Leaping off the mats the megastar then discovered his fiancee within the crowd, posing with mannequin Need Inglander as photographers received their photos in.
Duplantis beforehand broke his personal document as lately as June, at house in Sweden within the Diamond League when he jumped 6.28m.
Witnessing greatness on the Olympic Stadium was Usain Bolt – the world’s quickest man who’s broadly thought-about one of many best athletes to ever dwell.
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Requested about assembly Bolt, Duplantis stated: “For me it’s fairly cool, really.
“He stated if I break the world document we are able to social gathering tonight, so I’m certain it’s going to be a enjoyable night time with him, however I’m simply so glad.”
Simply earlier than that in April he was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the 12 months, displaying simply how brilliant his star is shining with an award that’s usually reserved for extra mainstream sports activities.
Talking on the occasion, he additionally paid tribute to Bolt saying: “I’m extremely honoured to have gained my first Laureus World Sportsman of the 12 months Award within the sporting capital of Madrid and to have the nice Usain Bolt pay tribute to me, who I comply with because the second observe and discipline athlete to win this award.
“I’ll always remember receiving this lovely Laureus from the nice Novak Djokovic.
“I’m following within the footsteps of giants like Novak, Usain, Rafael Nadal and Lionel Messi.
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“The listing of previous winners of this award is sort of a historical past of sporting greatness over the previous 25 years.”
Bolt gained stated award on 4 events throughout his legendary profession the place he bagged 100metre and 200metre information that also stand.
We’ll have to attend and see what number of extra Duplantis picks up…