‘He said if I break the world record we can party’: Mondo Duplantis sets Usain Bolt meet after 12th pole vault WR in Stockholm
Raising the bar once again, Sweden’s Armand Duplantis breached the 6.28 metres to set the new pole vault record at the Stockholm Diamond League event on Sunday, bettering the world-best mark for the 12th time in his career.
The double Olympic champion, Duplantis improved on his previous record set in February by one centimetre on his first attempt, making the most of the perfect conditions before his home crowd.
While he had promised fans ahead of the competition that he would try break his record yet again and encouraged the crowd to egg him on, the 25-year-old Duplantis had a little bit of extra motivation after meeting sprint legend Usain Bolt ahead of the event.
Having promised fans ahead of the competition that he would try to break the record, Duplantis encouraged the crowd to get behind him from the moment his name was announced at the Swedish capital’s Olympic stadium, and they responded by wildly clapping and cheering his every attempt as he cruised through the competition.
Breaking the world record yet again meant Duplantis was slated for a fun night with Bolt, who still holds the world records for the 100m and 200m sprints.
“For me it’s pretty cool, actually,” Duplantis told Swedish broadcaster SVT. “He said if I break the world record we can party tonight, so I’m sure it’s going to be a fun night with him, but I’m just so happy.”
SO MUCH AURA ⚡️
The fastest man alive, Usain Bolt, and the highest vaulter in history, Mondo Duplantis, embracing at the Stockholm Diamond League.
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