Can we imagine better preparation before the Indoor Worlds which will take place in Belgrade in a week?

Not really.

In the same room where the world championships will take place, the Swede Armand Duplantis broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday by jumping to 6.19 m.

The 22-year-old Olympic champion has held the record since February 2020, when he cleared 6.17m in Torun (Poland) then 6.18m in Glasgow (Scotland) a week apart.

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At 22, Duplantis hovers above the competition: he became European champion in 2018 in Berlin at just 18 years old, and won the Olympic title last summer in Tokyo with a jump of 6.02 m.

He advances as a huge favorite for the Indoor Worlds, where he will try to win one of the two titles missing from his list, with the outdoor world title which he will have the opportunity to win in July in Eugene ( Oregon).

This Monday, he broke the world record in an almost empty room, and in a competition where he was the only pole vaulter at the international level.

After having easily crossed 5.61 m, 5.85 m then 6 m, he passed 6.19 m on his 3rd attempt before rushing into the arms of his partner at the edge of the track.

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