The 2021 Olympic champion and 2022 world champion has held the world record since February 8, 2020, when he cleared 6.17m in Torun (Poland) and erased Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16m), organizer of this meeting.

Duplantis, 23, has now improved the world record six times, each time by one centimeter and three times in 2022 alone.

"It's incredible, I don't know what to say (...) To beat this world record in front of Renaud (Lavillenie), it's incredible. I would never have jumped so high if it hadn't been for Renaud," he said.

"Mondo", his nickname, collects all the major titles in the pole vault: in addition to his Olympic medal, he is indoor and outdoor world champion, as well as indoor and outdoor European champion.

The Swedish Armand Duplantis improved his pole vault world record by one centimeter by clearing a bar at 6.22 m, on February 25 during the All Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand © ARNAUD FINISTRE / AFP

The All Star Perch was his fourth competition of the winter, and each time he exceeded the mythical height of six meters.

Duplantis, who was born and raised in Louisiana but represents Sweden, the country of his mother, has decided not to participate in the 2023 European Indoor Championships which will take place from March 2-5 in Istanbul.

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