Duplantis’ famous world record. The Swedish fencer overcame 625 centimeters – OH Paris 2024 – Summer Olympics

One of the highlights of the Olympic Games and certainly a great finale of Monday’s athletics evening at the Paris Olympics. Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplatnis set a new world record when he broke the bar at a height of 625 centimeters.

Armand Duplantis took care of one of the highlights of athletics at the Olympics in Paris.

Duplantis thus defended the gold medal from Tokyo in a sovereign manner. Sam Kendricks from the USA won silver in the pole vault, and Emmanuil Karalis from Greece won bronze.

Duplantis was certain of gold a few minutes earlier, as he was the only one to break the six-meter mark. Kendricks recorded 595 and Karalis 590 cm. The Swedish representative subsequently raised the bar to a value of 610 cm, which he lowered on the first attempt and then to a record value.

He did not succeed in the first two jumps, but in the last third he managed to attack the world record and cheered up the full stands of the Stade de France stadium.

In addition to the world record, which he moved for the ninth time in his career, he also improved the Olympic record. The Brazilian Thiago Braz held it since Rio 2016 with a performance of 603. Duplantis needed 602 cm to win gold in Tokyo 2020, when he subsequently failed three times at the then world record value of 619 m.

American Kendricks, who was the last to defeat “Mondo” Duplantis in a major competition at the 2019 World Championships, won silver and improved his ranking by one place from the 2016 Olympics. Karalis led Greece to its first medal in the event in 68 years, having also won bronze at the 1956 Olympics Georgios Rubanis.