Source : ABC NEWS
Swedish pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has broken the world record for the 15th time.
Duplantis cleared 6.31 meters at an indoor meet where he trains, which is named after him.
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The 26-year-old, who broke records at the world championships last year and the Paris Olympics the year before that, has eclipsed his mark by 1 centimetre every time since he first broke it in 2020.
This win at the Mondo Classic was his 38th straight pole vault victory — a stretch dating to August 2023.
Only Sergey Bubka has broken the record more times.
The Ukrainian great broke the outdoor record 17 times and the indoor record 18 times in the 1980s and 1990s.
Track and field’s governing body changed the rules in 2000 to account for only one record, which can now be broken either indoors or outdoors.
Duplantis has three outdoor titles, along with two Olympic gold medals.
He is scheduled to jump next week at world indoors championship in Poland, where he will be going for his fourth straight title in that event.
AP
