Mondo Duplantis made it look easy, breaking the Olympic and world record for men's pole vault on his way to back-to-back gold medals in Paris 2024.
In an incredible show of effortless talent, skill, and power, world no. 1 Armand Duplantis smashed the Olympic and world records for men’s pole vault.
With a second-straight gold medal already in the bag after clearing 6.0 meters with ease, Duplantis jumped and completed 6.10 meters, erasing the previous Olympic record of 6.03 meters set by Brazil’s Thiago Braz in Rio 2016.
Just for good measure, Mondo also then reset his own world record, clearing 6.25 meters on his third try. Naturally, 6.25 meters also became the new Olympic record.
Mondo's previous world record of 6.24m was just set earlier this year in China.
Duplantis only needed four jumps to secure the gold medal in Paris 2024, clearing 5.70m, 5.85m, 5.95m, and 6.0m all on his first attempts.
His smashing of the Olympic and world records in Paris 2024 also comes as Duplantis' semi-redemption story, as he failed to do the same back in Tokyo 2020.
After clearing 6.02m for his first Olympic gold medal in Japan, Duplantis attempted to break the Olympic and his then-world record in one go, attempting to jump 6.19 meters. At the time, his world record stood at 6.18 meters.
He failed on his three attempts in Tokyo, but would later get 6.19m in 2022. Mondo would then slowly increase his world records, jumping to 6.20m and 6.21m also in 2022, followed by 6.22m and 6.23m last year, and finally, 6.24m in April and 6.25m in the Olympics.