Hence Duplantis dabbled in sprinting as a youngster before settling exclusively for the pole vault “because Americans and Jamaicans are too fast”. The fact that his father Greg Duplantis was ...

Duplantis was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, but competes for Sweden through his mother, who trains him with his father Greg, an ex-pole vaulter who used to compete against Bubka.

The pole vault record holder ... 2024 Olympic Games also earned him the Achievement of the Year award. Armand Duplantis is a unique figure. Different. An athlete blessed with a magical touch ...

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, the Olympic champion in Paris, revealed that his "biggest dream" as a child was to break the world record at an Olympic event, and he achieved that in front ...

EUGENE, Ore.EUGENE, Ore. — Sweden’s Armand Duplantis didn’t exactly remember soaring over the bar to set a new world record at the Prefontaine Classic. But knew what came next.

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has been named BBC Sports Personality's World Sport Star of the Year for 2024. Duplantis - more commonly known as Mondo - is regarded as the greatest pole ...

Jakob Ingebrigtsen obliterated the 28-year-old 3,000m world record by more than three seconds before Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record at the Diamond League meeting in Silesia.