Duplantis breaks the world record for pole vault that he set at the Olympics: he clears over 6.26 meters

The Swedish ARMAND DUPLANIS broke his own pole vault world record by one centimeter (6.26 meters) at the Silesian meeting on Diamond Leaguecontested in Chorzow.

Duplantis had set the universal limit at 6.25 since the last passage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Gameslast day 5, and in the Polish test he surpassed him on the second try.

His voracity remains intact. And his ability to improve, to climb higher too. In Chorzow, he started his competition in 5.62. He did not fail, neither at 5.92 nor at 6.00, a height that the American also exceeded. Sam Kendricks and Greek Emmanouil Karaliswhich establishes a new Hellenic rule.

The latter did not jump again and Kendricks missed in 6.08. Duplantis, alone again, waited to place the bar at 6.26, a centimeter higher than during the unforgettable Parisian night of the 5th. He knocked it down on the first try and on the second, although he touched it, he broke the record again. the world with the French Renaud Lavilleniethe athlete who preceded him in the test records, as a witness after competing and being eliminated with a score of 5.62.

“I always want to jump as high as possible and keep trying. I’ve never had an absolutely perfect jump, so I always feel like I can do it better,” ‘Mondo’ said after setting the new universal limit at 6.26.