Favourite for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Swede “Mondo” won ahead of Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis in the pole vault competition, breaking the Olympic record with a jump of 6.10m.
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He is definitely unbeatable. Undefeated in major competitions since 2020, the Swede Armand Duplantis confirmed his supremacy on Monday, August 5, at the Stade de France. Already crowned in Tokyo, the 24-year-old pole vaulter retained his crown in the sky of Saint-Denis by settling the competition at 6m ahead of the American Sam Kendricks (5.95m) and the Greek Emmanouil Karalis (5.90m). Before setting a new Olympic record at 6.10m on the first attempt to erase the record set by the Brazilian Thiago Braz in 2016 (6.03m).