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"I think it will be a special evening"
- It's a great honor. I probably could not really imagine myself being in a situation like this. If you had asked me a few years ago, I expected to do very well, but I did not really know how good, says Armand Duplantis to SVT Sport and continues.
- And to be here and receive it from Crown Princess Victoria is still difficult to understand, and I think it will be a very special evening.
It is during the Victoria Concert, which is broadcast tonight at 21 on SVT1, that "Mondo" in front of the TV audience and a few selected guests, receives the award.
- I did not know I was going on stage! I did not know until now.
- But I try to go with the flow.
"Been a crazy year"At the beginning of the year, the Swedish pole vault star set not just one world record but two - then everything changed.
- It has been such a crazy year. Two weeks after the world records, almost everything is closed, I hardly knew if there would be any season. This year has been, to say the least, a roller coaster.
Due to the corona pandemic, Duplantis has not had the opportunity to train and compete in the same way. But he says that the form is starting to pick up again.
- I do not have the same feeling with the rod right now, it is something you lose very quickly. We had a break from March to June when everything was closed. But the shape is completely okay right now and I am starting to feel more and more comfortable with each passing day.
On Tuesday evening, Armand Duplantis will receive the Victoria Scholarship and not only that, "Mondo" will also sit as a guest with some of the Swedish royals.
Are you nervous?
- I will probably get nervous as it approaches, so little to be completely honest.