Mondo's m pole vault world record was worth points to for Ingebrigtsen's m world record time of Duplantis turned out to be the historic first MVP of the meeting and took home a sparkling carat gold diamond-encrusted ‘Champion Ring' worth $10,, along with a cheque for the same amount. The Swedish pole vaulter flew over the bar at a new world record height of m, having already secured Paris gold earlier in the evening on Monday, 5 August with a vault of m. This is the ninth time Duplantis has broken the world record, beating the mark of m he set in the Xiamen Diamond League in April this year. Pole vault supremo Mondo Duplantis raised the world record for the 10 th time scaling a height of m at the Silesia Diamond League meeting in Poland on Sunday (25 August). Duplantis improved the world record he set in Paris to win his second consecutive Olympic title by a centimetre. Mondo Duplantis had promised 'something higher' than his latest world record of m when he returned to the Stark Arena for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 and he duly delivered as he cleared m with his third and final attempt on Sunday (20). She opened in Manchester with the world indoor m best (), and won the metres in Torun, Liévin and Birmingham. She ran a new national record of in the World Indoor Tour Final, which promises a fascinating time and duel against Athing Mu on the last night in Budapest. Sweden's Mondo Duplantis underlined his tag as one of the all-time greats by setting a world record to make it back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the men's pole vault final. Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won his second consecutive Olympic gold medal breaking the world record by one cm with m in the third attempt. Duplantis set the ninth record of his career. The Swedish pole vault star had a clean sheet clearing m, m, m, m and m in his first attempt. Armand "Mondo" Duplantis (born 10 November ) [3] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter. Widely regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time, [4][5] Duplantis is the world outdoor and indoor record holder ( metres or 20 feet 6 inches, and metres or 20 feet 5 inches, respectively). He's a two-time Olympic ( and ) champion. Nästa gång han slog sitt eget världsrekord var den 17 september, vid Diamond League-finalen i Eugene, USA, då han hoppade 6,23 meter. [52] Den 11 december utsåg internationella friidrottsförbundet Mondo Duplantis till världens bästa manliga friidrottare - för andra gången i rad och tredje gången totalt. [53].