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Duplantis, 25, was imperious this year and reached the highest achievement in his budding career and there's more to come as Swedish enters his prime.
The 2024 men's field athlete of the year Mondo Duplantis has adorned his status as the greatest male pole vaulter with another year of dizzying achievement.
After retaining his world indoor title in Glasgow, the Swedish phenomenon 25, went on to tick all the boxes as he set three more world records, bringing his total to 10.
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The first came at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Xiamen on April 20, when he cleared 6.24m. Next came the ultimate athletic experience as he retained his Olympic title with a clearance of 6.25m in a packed Stade de France in which he was not only the last man standing in his event, but the last athlete competing on the night.
The two-time world champion, reminiscing how 2024 has been, said his achievements don't feel real and breaking the world record at the Olympics is yet to sink in his mind. "It was one of those things that don’t really feel real, such an out-of-body experience. I had just broken a world record at the Olympics – the biggest possible stage for a pole vaulter," the four-time Diamond League champion told World Athletics.
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The cherry on the cake for the three-time European champion though was that he did so in front of a boisterous crowd. "The biggest dream since I was a kid was to break the world record at the Olympics, and I’d been able to do that in front of the most ridiculous crowd I’ve ever competed in front of," Duplantis said.
Duplantis also retained his European title in Rome thanks to a championship record of 6.10m.
He also found time to win a personal 100m challenge with Norway’s world 400m hurdles champion and world record-holder Karsten Warholm in a race that took place during the Zurich Diamond League meeting. Duplantis clocked 10.37 – underlining the speed he has on tap to convert into height.
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