Armand Duplantis has broken the world pole vault record again, reaching 6.22 meters this Saturday at the All Star Perche in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The 23-year-old Swede, Olympic champion in 2021 and world champion in 2022, has set a new record in his discipline for the sixth time after 6.17 meters in 2020. Duplantis then surpassed the 6.16 of the previous record set by Renaud Lavillenie (organizer of the All Star) and since then has done nothing but keep beating his own record: 6.18 (July 2020), 6.19 (March 2022) , 6.20 (March 2022), 6.21 (July 2022).
🚨 IT’S GOING! 🌎
🤩 Phenomenal! 🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis is sur le toit du monde à Clermont-Ferrand en s’élevant à 6️⃣,2️⃣2️⃣ m !
Il faudra bientôt relieves le plafond! 😱
📺 Revive yourself @AllStarPerche in 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 south https://t.co/xgXE6U6Tof pic.twitter.com/ihgsZ81aoh
— FFAthletisme (@FFAthletisme) February 25, 2023
“It’s incredible, I don’t know what to say (…) To break this world record in front of Renaud (Lavillenie) is incredible. I would never have jumped that high if Renaud hadn’t been there,” he explained. Lavillenie, who was on the verge of beating Duplantis’ record today, ran frantically to congratulate him on his new record. Mondo Duplantis collects all major pole vault titles: in addition to gold at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, he is world champion on indoor and outdoor tracks and European champion on indoor and outdoor tracks.
The All Star Perche de Clermont-Ferrand is his fourth competition of the 2023 indoor season. He managed to clear the height of six meters in all four. Duplantis was born and raised in Louisiana (USA) but internationally defends the colors of Sweden, his mother’s country. The athlete, who decided not to take part in this year’s European Indoor Championships, which will take place in Istanbul from March 2nd to 5th, had no competitor of his stature during today’s test in Clermont. Second was Australia’s Kurtis Marshall and third was Dutchman Meno Vloon, both with 5.91 metres. In the women’s category, victory went to the Czech Amalie Svabikova (4.66 meters).
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