2018 European pole vault champion and vice-world champion in October in Doha, the Swedish-American Armand Duplantis crossed the mark of 6.17 meters on Saturday 8 February on his second try during the indoor meeting from Torun, Poland.
He thus erased the record of 6.16 meters established by the French Renaud Lavillenie in February 2014, in Ukraine. Before him, the record was held by the Ukrainian "Tsar" Sergei Bubka (6.15 meters in 1993).
Born and raised in the United States, but representing Sweden, his mother's country, in international competition, Armand Duplantis announced the color Tuesday at the meeting in Düsseldorf, which he won with a best jump to 6 meters.
On Saturday, he flew over the Torun competition by crossing all his bars on the first try with a huge margin, even at 5.92 meters then 6.01 meters.
Several unofficial world records
Armand Duplantis, a veritable pole vault who holds numerous unofficial world records in the youth categories, has been multiplying his exploits for two years. In August 2018, he became senior European champion after a fantastic competition in Berlin thanks to a jump to 6.05 meters.
Last October, after a season in which he had crossed the legendary 6-meter mark several times, he became vice-world champion in Doha, Qatar, with a jump to 5.97 meters, beaten by the American Sam Kendricks.
With AFP
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