Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 13th time
The double-Olympic champion continued his tradition of improving on his previous mark by one centimetre, with his second attempt at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial overhauling the record he set in Stockholm in June.
Duplantis had looked a little off his best form, missing his first attempt at 6.11, and after Greece's Emmanouil Karalis retired after failing twice at the same height the Swede had the bar raised to make his usual world record attempt.
The 25-year-old two-time world champion was unsuccessful on his first try, and while he rattled the bar slightly on his second effort, Duplantis looked up almost in disbelief to see that he had once again reached new heights in a discipline he is utterly dominating.
Duplantis, who won his second world title in the same stadium in 2023, ran straight to the crowd to celebrate with his partner Desire Inglander and his family,
The American-born Duplantis first broke the world record in 2020 in Poland, and since then has taken the sport to another level, and on Saturday he competes at the Silesia Diamond League, where he also broke the world record last year.
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13 world records, each with a big bonus — is Duplantis gaming system?
To explain the calculated brilliance of Mondo Duplantis, it is worth pointing out that even Usain Bolt could not earn $100,000 a centimetre. The peerless pole vaulter broke the world record for the 13th time in Hungary on Tuesday and landed another nice bonus in the process of raising the bar. His dominance has been both incredible and incremental. The Louisiana-born Swede, 25, cleared 6.29 metres at a second-tier World Athletics Continental Tour meeting in Budapest. That was 1cm higher than the record he set in June in Sweden, which was one more than his 11th landmark from February in France. It had been almost a year to the day since he broke his own record in the Olympic final in Paris. Since taking the record from Renaud Lavillenie in 2020, Duplantis has increased the world record by a centimetre every time. Given that the record had previously been surpassed once in 26 years, this shows canny showmanship, as well as athletic and technical brilliance. 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Mondo Duplantis kisses Wag as he breaks pole vault world record for 13th time by 1cm – and does it for genius reason
MONDO DUPLANTIS broke the pole vault world record for the 13th time - by just 1cm. And he celebrates by Plant-ing a kiss on his adoring model fiancee. 7 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. 7 7
