Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 12th time
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis of Sweden has broken the world record for pole vault, achieving a height of 6.28 meters at the Stockholm Diamond League on Sunday.
This is the 12th time the 25-year-old has broken the world record.
The two-time Olympic and world champion cleared the record height to break his previous global mark of 6.26 set in at the All-Star Perche meet in Clermont-Ferrand, France on in February.
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