Mondo Magic: Duplantis Breaks Pole Vault Record for 12th Time in Stockholm!
On Sunday June under the roof of Stockholm s historic Olympic Stadium Armand Mondo Duplantis reached an electrifying new peak With the bar set at meters the Swedish American vaulting sensation soared above it on his first attempt breaking his own world record and doing so on home soil for the very first time nbsp The crowd erupted as he ripped off his vest in jubilation running to embrace family friends and his fianc e Swedish model Desir Inglander It was more than a personal milestone it was a moment of national pride nbsp marking the th time Duplantis has rewritten pole vault history in just over five years From Backyard Beginnings to a Global Phenomenon Duplantis journey reads like a modern-day athletic fairy tale Born November in Lafayette Louisiana he was raised by a former pole vaulter father and a heptathlete mother His backyard in Louisiana housed a pole
