Armand Duplantis is a performance metronome. The Swede once again improved his pole vault world record dating back to July 2022, by one centimeter, by clearing a bar at 6.22m, Saturday at the All Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand.

The 2021 Olympic champion and 2022 world champion has held the world record since February 8, 2020, when he cleared 6.17m in Torun, Poland, and erased from the shelves the Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie (6.16m), organizer of this meeting. Duplantis, 23, has now improved the world record six times, each time by one centimetre and three times in 2022 alone.

Renaud Lavillenie, driving force behind this performance

"It's unbelievable, I don't know what to say (...) To beat this world record in front of Renaud (Lavillenie) is incredible. I would never have jumped so high if it hadn't been for Renaud," he said.

🚨 WORLD RECORD! 🌎

🤩 Phenomenal! 🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis is on top of the world in Clermont-Ferrand rising to 6️⃣,⃣ 2️⃣2️m!

We will soon have to raise the ceiling! 😱

📺 Relive the @AllStarPerche in REPLAY on https://t.co/xgXE6U6Tof pic.twitter.com/ihgsZ81aoh

— FFAthlétisme (@FFAthletisme) February 25, 2023

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"Mondo", his nickname, collects all the major titles of the pole vault: in addition to his Olympic medal, he is world champion in indoor and outdoor, as well as European champion in indoor and outdoor racing. The All Star Perche was his fourth competition of the winter, and each time he exceeded the mythical height of six meters. Duplantis, who was born and raised in Louisiana but represents his mother's country of Sweden, has decided not to compete at the 2023 European Indoor Championships to be held March 2-5 in Istanbul.

  • Athletics
  • Sport
  • Armand Duplantis
  • Pole vault
  • Renaud Lavillenie
  • Clermont-Ferrand
  • World record