- Races - Places world record in the pole vault on Saturday, clearing a height of 6.18 meters at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow.
- The back-to-back weekends of breaking the world record follows Duplantis’s decision to turn pro last June and a silver medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in October.
Just a week after setting the pole vault world record in Poland, 20-year-old Mondo Duplantis did it again by breaking his own record of 6.17 meters with a vault of 6.18 meters at the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow on Saturday.
Duplantis broke the record with one attempt at the height, and replays showed that he had several more centimeters to spare.
“It’s something that I wanted since I was 3 years-old,” Duplantis told World Athletics last week. “It’s a big year, but it’s a good way to start it.”
A Part of Hearst Digital Media, Greg Duplantis, pole vaulted at LSU from 1982-86 and was a U.S. Olympic team alternate. His mother, Helena (Hedlund) Duplantis came from Sweden to the U.S. to compete as a heptathlete and volleyball player for the Tigers from 1986-89.
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Taylor Dutch is a writer and editor living in Austin, Texas, and a former NCAA track athlete who specializes in fitness, wellness, and endurance sports coverage. Her work has appeared in Runner’s World, SELF, Bicycling, Outside, and Podium Runner.
