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The Independent
7 days ago
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- The Independent
Mondo Duplantis soars to break pole vault world record for 13th time
Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix meeting in Budapest, the 13th time he has set a new world mark as he continues to defy gravity. The double-Olympic champion maintained his tradition of improving on his previous record by one centimetre, with his second attempt at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial overhauling the mark 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 having failed twice at the same height, the Swede had the bar raised to make his usual world record attempt. The 25-year-old twice 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 he had again reached a new height in the discipline he dominates. "I love Hungary very much. The track is very good, I love the crowd, I would like to return, thank you," Duplantis said. 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. On Monday, Duplantis missed most of the press conference ahead of the Budapest meeting, apologising when he turned up late, saying he had a lot of work to do on his time management. "I think I'll have to make up for it tomorrow with a big leap," Duplantis said. He duly stayed true to his word to the delight of the Budapest crowd, and has now soared 15 centimetres higher than Sergey Bubka, who Duplantis once described as 'mythological'. The American-born Duplantis first broke the world record in 2020 in Poland, with his leap of 6.17 surpassing by one centimetre the previous record set by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie six years earlier. Lavillenie had beaten Bubka's best jump of 6.14, which had stood for almost 20 years, but Duplantis has taken the sport to another level and on Saturday competes at the Silesia Diamond League, where he also broke the world record last year.
Japan Times
13-08-2025
- Sport
- Japan Times
Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.29 meters
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis bettered his pole vault world record by a centimeter on Tuesday, clearing 6.29 meters at the athletics meet in Budapest. Sweden's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th time as he soared over the bar at the second attempt to improve on his 6.28 m from Stockholm in June. It was the 25-year-old's third record of 2025, having also cleared 6.27 m in Clermont-Ferrand in February. Duplantis notched up his 33rd competition victory, clearing 6.11 m on his first attempt to finish ahead of Greece's Emmanouil Karalis (6.02 m) and Australia's Kurtis Marschall (5.83 m). On his second attempt at 6.29 m, 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 on July 13, 1985 in Paris, 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 favorite for a third consecutive outdoor world title in a month's time in Tokyo. On the track, Jamaican sprinter Bryan Levell laid down a marker for those championships by posting the third quickest time this year to win the men's 200m. The 21-year-old, who reached the semifinals at last year's Olympics, headed into the race with a season's best of 20.10 seconds. He pulled away from the field in the home straight to win in 19.69 to clock the third best time of the year behind the Americans Noah Lyles (19.63) and Kenneth Bednarek (19.67). Levell smashed Erriyon Knighton's meeting record by 0.19 leaving South African veteran Wayde van Niekerk a distant runner-up in 20.07. Olympic bronze medalist Muzala Samukonga held off Jereem Richards and Khaleb McRae to win the men's 400m in a season's best of 44.11 while Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who finished fourth at Kenya's World Trials last month, won the men's 800m in a personal best of 1:42.96, breaking David Rudisha's meeting record from 2016. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce only managed a fourth-placed finish in the women's 100m as Ivorian sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou Smith held off Tina Clayton and world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.
France 24
12-08-2025
- Sport
- France 24
Duplantis soars to 6.29m in Budapest, breaks pole vault world record for 13th time
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis bettered his pole vault world record by a centimetre on Tuesday, clearing 6.29 metres at the athletics meet in Budapest. Sweden 's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th 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 Clermont-Ferrand in February. Duplantis notched up his 33rd 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 metres on July 13, 1985 in Paris, 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 favourite for a third consecutive outdoor world title in a month's time in Tokyo. On the track Jamaican sprinter Bryan Levell laid down a marker for those championships by posting the third quickest time this year to win the men's 200m. The 21-year-old, who reached the semi-finals at last year's Olympics, headed into the race with a season's best of 20.10. He pulled away from the field in the home straight to win in 19.69 to clock the third best time of the year behind the Americans Noah Lyles (19.63sec) and Kenneth Bednarek (19.67sec). Levell smashed Erriyon Knighton's meeting record by 0.19sec leaving South African veteran Wayde van Niekerk a distant runner-up in 20.07. Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga held off Jereem Richards and Khaleb McRae to win the men's 400m in a season's best of 44.11 while Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who finished fourth at Kenya's World Trials last month, won the men's 800m in a personal best of 1min 42.96sec, breaking David Rudisha's meeting record from 2016. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce only managed a fourth-placed finish in the women's 100m as Ivorian sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou Smith held off Tina Clayton and world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.
Free Malaysia Today
12-08-2025
- Sport
- Free Malaysia Today
Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.29m
Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates victory and a world record in the men's pole vault final at the 15th Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest. (AP pic) BUDAPEST : Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis bettered his pole vault world record by a centimetre on Tuesday, clearing 6.29 metres at the athletics meet in Budapest. Sweden's Duplantis broke the world record for the 13th 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 Clermont-Ferrand in February. Duplantis notched up his 33rd 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 metres on July 13, 1985 in Paris, 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 favourite for a third consecutive outdoor world title in a month's time in Tokyo. On the track Jamaican sprinter Bryan Levell laid down a marker for those championships by posting the third quickest time this year to win the men's 200m. The 21-year-old, who reached the semi-finals at last year's Olympics, headed into the race with a season's best of 20.10. He pulled away from the field in the home straight to win in 19.69 to clock the third best time of the year behind the Americans Noah Lyles (19.63sec) and Kenneth Bednarek (19.67sec). Levell smashed Erriyon Knighton's meeting record by 0.19sec leaving South African veteran Wayde van Niekerk a distant runner-up in 20.07. Olympic bronze medallist Muzala Samukonga held off Jereem Richards and Khaleb McRae to win the men's 400m in a season's best of 44.11 while Laban Kipkorir Chepkwony, who finished fourth at Kenya's World Trials last month, won the men's 800m in a personal best of 1min 42.96sec, breaking David Rudisha's meeting record from 2016. Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce only managed a fourth-placed finish in the women's 100m as Ivorian sprinter Marie-Josee Ta Lou Smith held off Tina Clayton and world 200m champion Shericka Jackson.
New York Times
12-08-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Mondo Duplantis sets 13th pole vault world record of his career, third of 2025
Olympic Champion Mondo Duplantis has set the 13th pole vault world record of his career by clearing 6.29m at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest, Hungary. Duplantis, 25, is the Olympic and World Champion. At the Continental Gold Tour meet, just under a month out from his World title defence in Tokyo, he added another centimetre to the 6.28m world record he had set in Stockholm, Sweden, this June. Advertisement Emmanouil Karalis (6.02m) of Greece finished second to Duplantis, for the 12th time in his career. Australia's Kurtis Marschall was third with 5.82m. It might be the first world record that the Gyulai Memorial stadium has seen, but it is Duplantis' third this calendar year, and his fourth since the Olympic final in Paris last August. There, he cleared 6.25m with a clutch (third and final attempt) jump, and became the first man since Bob Richards (in 1956) to successfully defend a pole vault Olympic title. He first jumped a world record in February 2020 when he cleared 6.17m, bettering Renaud Lavillenie 6.16m which had stood for almost six years. All 13 of Duplantis' world records have been by one centimetre, with sponsor Red Bull paying him a bonus for every world record. He accounts for 32 of the 44 competitions where an athlete has cleared at least 6.10m, and is currently on a winning streak of 36 meets, which date all the way back to August 2023 when he won the World title in Budapest. Duplantis is one of the most dominant sports in any track and field discipline ever, largely owning to his incredible sprint speed that he converts to height after he sprints along the runway. Last year, he clocked 10.37s for 100m at an exhibition race in Zurich, Switzerland, when racing 400m world-record holder Karsten Warholm. He comes from a sporting and pole vault family, with his older brothers having competed in the sport, while father and coach Greg vaulted internationally for the U.S.. It meant Duplantis started vaulting from a young age in his backyard — he still holds age-group best jumps for ages seven through 12. Duplantis' younger sister, Johanna, is following in his footsteps, too. Like Mondo, she studies now at Louisiana State University, the state in which he and his siblings were born and grew up in (their mother is Swedish, which is why Mondo competes for them). Mondo and Johanna are scheduled to compete in a Diamond League together for the first time this weekend, in Silesia, Poland. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP via Getty Images) Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
