Armand Duplantis dominates the pole vault competition and takes the Olympic record for his second consecutive gold medal at the Games

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.

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).