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Mondo Duplantis dream of setting a world record in front of his home crowd came through when he cleared 6.28m at the first attempt at the Stockholm Diamond League.
Mondo Duplantis' dream finally came true when soared to his 12th World Record (WR) in front of his home crowd at the Stockholm Diamond League.
The Swedish star athlete sent the Olympic Stadium into raptures as he broke the men’s pole vault record for the first time in his home country.
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He gave warning signs on what to expect ahead when he cleared 5.60m, 5.80m, and 5.90m at the first attempt. With victory confirmed and another first-time clearance at 6.00m, there was only ever one destination for the bar – up to a new world record of 6.28m.
With all eyes upon him, Duplantis soared through the Swedish sky and over the bar for another first-time clearance and a new world record of 6.28m as he wrote another chapter in his legendary career.
“I feel full to the brim right now,” said Duplantis in an interview with Diamond League. “I’ve got a lot of family here. I was still jumping on the same pole (5.20 m, 11.7 flex) that I’ve set the last couple world records on.
“I’ve jumped here a lot the past few years and it’s not necessarily a place that I move through poles all that well, actually I have trouble moving through stiff poles here. It was probably the lowest grip I’ve had breaking a world record here today. The first time I jumped in this stadium when I was 11 years old it was rainy, cold and I jumped right under 4m. It was quite high for how young I was.
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“I’ve jumped a lot here and they etch the names of World Reord holders here. The last one was a long time ago. My mom was in the stands when Patrik Sjöberg broke the World Record in 1986. I think there’s a common denominator here, she’s a lucky charm," he said.
Duplantis is unbeaten in the event in three years, and remains the favourite to defend his world title in Tokyo this summer.
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