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Armand Duplantis confirmed his status as the best pole vaulter of all time, after breaking his own world record this Thursday, winning the Mondo Classic, the meeting held in his honor in the Swedish city of Uppsala, with a height of 6.31 meters.<\/p>\n
An impressive jump that allowed Duplantis, current Olympic, world and European champion, to improve by one centimeter the previous universal record that he held with a record of 6.30 meters since the World Cups held last September in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
A coup of authority that made it clear who is the undisputed ‘king’ of the specialty, in a season in which the 26-year-old Scandinavian jumper had looked grayer than usual.<\/p>\n
As reflected by the “only” 6.06 meters that Armand Duplantis had jumped in his only competition in 2026, the All Star Pole Vault held on February 22 in the French town of Clermont-Ferrand.<\/p>\n
A circumstance that the Greek Emmanouil Karalis had not missed to monopolize all the spotlights by signing the second best jump of all time, surpassing 6.17 meters on February 28 at the Greek Championships.<\/p>\n
State of grace that Karalis, current runner-up in the world, after Duplantis, both outdoors and indoors, continued last Saturday in Rouen (France), where ‘Manolo’, after setting a mark of 6.06 meters, tried to surpass, without success, 6.20.<\/p>\n
Performances that seemed to make the Greek jumper a fearsome rival for Duplantis in his most beloved meeting, the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, where the Scandinavian competes in front of his audience.<\/p>\n
A duel that both Duplantis and Karalis seemed to meet at the first heights, since if the Swede debuted in the competition with a valid jump of 5.65 meters, the Greek did not debut until 5.80.<\/p>\n
Worrying debut for the Greek pole vaulter who had to wait for his second attempt, a preview of what happened with the 6.00 meters, which Emmanouil Karalis failed to clear, after failing in his three attempts.<\/p>\n
Failures that turned the Norwegian Sondre Guttormsen, who jumped 6.06 meters last Saturday in Rouen, into Duplantis’s main rival, who after surpassing 5.90 meters the first time set the bar at 6.08 meters.<\/p>\n
A height that Guttormsen, who was fighting against his own limits, could not overcome, but Armand Duplantis could, who with victory already assured set out in search of a new world record.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
To do this, the 26-year-old Swede set the bar at 6.31 meters, one centimeter more than when last September he adorned the title of world champion with a new universal record.<\/p>\n
A brand of the future that Duplantis turned into the present this Thursday in Uppsala after surpassing a bar first that, despite being shaken, did not end up falling to the delight of the Swede and his fans.<\/p>\n
A jump that allowed the Scandinavian to break the world record for the fifteenth time since he achieved his first universal record in February 2020 after jumping 6.17 meters in the Polish city of Torun. <\/p>\n
Scenario of the Indoor World Championships that will be held at the end of this month of March and in which Armand Duplantis will seek his fourth indoor world champion title, who knows if with another new universal record.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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