In front of his white-hot public - the event was organized by the Uppsala athletics club, his club in Sweden - the 22-year-old champion managed a perfect competition by passing 5.55 m, 5.70 m, 5 .81m, 5.92m and 6.04m each time on his first attempt.
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis, who became Olympic champion in Tokyo last year, then tried to improve his world record (6.18m) set in February 2020 but stumbled three times on a bar at 6.19m .
"I'm satisfied, it annoys me a little not to have been able to beat the world record but it was a great competition, I can't complain," he said after the competition. on Swedish public television.
He failed to pass 6.19m to break his own world record in front of more than a thousand people who came to support him.
"The competition was superb, I am very grateful to all those who are there, I missed the public", rejoiced the record holder, who admits all the same to having been "quite nervous".
"A competition at home, I had to win (it). So I'm happy to have won here, in front of everyone in Uppsala".
Duplantis beat Americans Chris Nilsen and KC Lightfoot (5.92m both).
On Friday in Berlin, Duplantis had cleared 6.03m - his best performance of the season.
The Swede has set himself the goal of the world title this summer in Eugene (United States), the only major success that is still missing from his list.
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