Half a day after he won Olympic gold in pole vault in flawless and dominant style, Armand Duplantis was back at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo.
Now to receive the medal he has dreamed of since he was three years old.
- I have not slept much, so I am quite tired.
But I have so much adrenaline now so it's calm.
But this was so crazy, so crazy.
It feels so good, I do not understand.
It does not feel like it is true, says the now Swedish-speaking Armand Duplantis to Discovery +.
On the top podium, he received the medal, which weighs 544 grams, from IOC member Gunilla Lindberg - and received a bouquet of flowers from pole vault icon Sergej Bubka.
The 57-year-old with an Olympic gold and ten World Cup golds (six outdoors, four indoors) and who after Duplantis is the pole vaulter who has jumped the second highest outdoors through the ages, 6.14.
A record the Swede broke by one centimeter last year at the Stadio Olimpico.
- He is king.
It's great fun to get a medal from him, and it felt extra special when it was him.