Everyone has their own routine. For some, it’s getting up at dawn for a morning jog, for others, a little reading before lights out. Armand Duplantis has developed the annoying habit of breaking his pole vault world records whenever he feels like it, or almost. This is how Mondo took it to 6.24 m during the opening meeting of the Diamond League in Xiamen (China) on Saturday. An progression of one centimeter compared to the previous one, established at the end of 2023. Three months before the 2024 Olympics, the message has never been so clear: the Swede is his only rival.
8th time he improves the world record
It was the third time that the Swedish pole vaulter had tackled 6.24 m, after two first unsuccessful attempts indoors during the winter, in Clermont-Ferrand and Glasgow, where he nevertheless won world gold at the beginning of March .
This is the eighth time that Duplantis (24), Olympic champion, double world champion and double European champion, has advanced the world record since he seized it at the expense of the Frenchman. Renaud Lavillenie in 2020. The routine, we told you.