Mondo Duplantis kisses Wag as he breaks pole vault world record for 13th time by 1cm – and does it for genius reason
And he celebrates by Plant-ing a kiss on his adoring model fiancee.
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The Sweden superstar, 25, first claimed the world record in February 2020 when he went over 6.17m.
And he nailed the biggest clearance ever seen on Tuesday with a 6.29m effort at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
22922880 went over 6.29m at the second attempt in Budapest - sparking wild scenes inside the stadium.
He ran straight over to his fiancee Desire Inglander and shared a smooth with the Swedish model.
Inglander took to Instagram to react to her man's latest achievement.
She posted a selfie with her hand - including her huge engagement ring - covering her mouth.
The glamorous blonde wrote: "My fiance just broke the world record by 1cm. 6.29m!"
Duplantis' latest world record comes just two months after his previous best, the 6.28m feat, set in June.
And on each of the 13 times he has set the greatest height of all time, he has done so by 1cm increments.
That is for a genius reason.
Olympics 2024 hero Armando Duplantis looks worse for wear on morning TV after wild night celebrating
It is because he gets a $100,000 [£74,000] bonus from World Athletics for each world record - but crucially only once per meet.
So even if he sets a new world record twice in one tournament, he can only get the $100k.
Duplantis also gets money from sponsors Puma and Red Bull whenever he breaks the world record.
So he cleverly maximises his chances of the extra windfall by only going up by 1cm at a time.
And it has reaped the rewards as he tops £1million purely in world-record bonuses.
Puma even jokingly commented on a post following Tuesday's jump: "Please give us a rest."
They then added on Duplantis' own Instagram post - with George Ezra's hit Budapest playing in the background: "Absolute AURA."
Red Bull commented: "History books are getting 1cm thicker every time."
Dominant Duplantis has won 36 meets in a row dating back to August 2023 and successfully defended his Olympic gold medal in Paris last summer.
And he will surely be eyeing a fourth world record of 2025 and 14th overall when he goes for a hat-trick of World Championship titles in Tokyo next month.
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