He makes the exceptional almost banal.
Two weeks after beating his own pole vault world record, Armand Duplantis did it again on Sunday in the final of the indoor world championships in Belgrade.
With this historic bar, erased on the last try in an atmosphere of madness, the 22-year-old Swedish prodigy becomes the first man in the history of his discipline to reach the unexpected milestone of 6.20 m.
The native of Lafayette, Louisiana, who beat Brazilian Thiago Braz (5.95m) and American Chris Nilsen (5.90m), confirmed that he was evolving in another galaxy by improving his record for the third times since he snatched it from Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie in February 2020.
MONDO DUPLANTIS WORLD RECORD 6.20M ON HIS LAST TRY 🙆‍♂️ 🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️🙆‍♂️#WorldIndoorChamps #Belgrade2022 pic.twitter.com/EjhazVIkkd
— MR.CARTER (@NelsonCarterJr) March 20, 2022
"Breaking the record twice in two weeks, I can't complain.
I want to push the barriers, he explained.
I want to be a guy who jumps high in big competitions.
I have now jumped over 6m enough to know that it is possible to break records anytime.
I have a good idea of ​​what I need to stay on top.
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Olympic champion (2021) and European outdoor champion (2018) as well as indoors (2021), Duplantis had never before been crowned at a world meeting.
He will try this summer in Eugene (July 15-24) to grab the gold medal at the Outdoor Worlds, the only one now missing from his already well-stocked list.
To enter a little more into the history of his sport.