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Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record
Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

LeMonde

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Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record

Armand "Mondo" Duplantis bettered his pole vault world record by a centimeter on Tuesday, August 12, clearing 6.29 meters at the athletics meet in Budapest. Duplantis, a Swedish-American multiple gold medallist, broke the world record for the 13 th time as he soared over the bar at the second attempt to improve on his 6.28m from Stockholm in June. It was the 25-year-old's third record of 2025, having also cleared 6.27m in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand in February. Duplantis notched up his 33 rd competition victory, clearing 6.11m on his first attempt to finish ahead of Greece's Emmanouil Karalis (6.02m) and Australia's Kurtis Marschall (5.83m). On his second attempt at 6.29m, Duplantis touched the bar with one leg and his stomach, but it held, and the jump was validated. Since Ukrainian Sergey Bubka became the first athlete to clear 6 meters, in Paris on July 13, 1985, the world record has been broken 26 times, including 12 times by Bubka, 13 times by Duplantis and once by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie. The US-born Duplantis first broke the world record in 2020, with 6.17m. Duplantis is the favorite for a third consecutive outdoor world title in a month's time in Tokyo.

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