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Not content with Olympic gold, Armand Duplantis (24) also set a new world record in pole vaulting with a score of 6.25.
See video of the record jump at the top of the story.
This is his ninth world record.
He ran joyfully towards his girlfriend Desiree Englund and parents Helena and Greg in the stands of the Stade de France.
– Olympic gold medals and world records, what else can I say? Greg’s dad added Evening News.
1 out of 4Photo: VEGARD GRØTT / BILDBYRÅN
– He’s the coolest guy on the planet. I don’t understand, he’s absolutely incredible, his girlfriend Desiree Englander said Express.
– I was completely shaken, I didn’t know what to do. “I think I stopped breathing at some point,” she continued.
He set new world record heights after jumping 6.00m and 6.10m in his first attempt to win the Olympic gold medal.
1 out of 5 pointsPhoto: Bjørn S. Delebekk/VG
He nearly missed on his first and second attempts but succeeded on his third.
The old record was 6.24.
The Swedes had the Stade de France in their hands, and the crowd sat in their seats to watch the best pole vaulters in the world perform.
– For a man, for a pole vaulter, for an Olympic champion. Unbelievable, writes the Svenska Dagblad newspaper.
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia took to the podium and waved to him as he did his honours lap, but the Olympic champion had other ideas.
At the same time, the roar of ABBA came from the loudspeakers in the venue.
– I’ve been to some concerts here before, but he’s a rock star, Swedish track manager Kajsa Bergqvist said on Max’s radio.
Between his first and second attempts at 6.25 meters, Duplantis, who grew up in the United States, placed his hands on his chest and listened intently to the national anthem played for 100-meter champion Noah Lyles.
– This is the most important thing I have ever seen the Swedes do, wrote Evening News–Commentator Mats Wennerholm.
Duplantis was 30 centimeters taller than silver medalist Sam Kendricks.
The Swede first set a new world record with 6.17 meters in February 2020. Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie held the record for nearly six years.
Duplantis won his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo three years ago but failed to set a world record.
The record of 6.25 is 11 centimeters higher than the career record of pole position legend Sergej Bubka. In July 1994, 30 years ago, the Ukrainian stopped at 6.14.
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