Article by Luminița Paul – published on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 21:32 / Updated Tuesday, August 12, 2025 21:33
The Swedish Armand Duplantis (25 years old) brought down his own world record for the jump, with a jump of 6.29 meters, on Tuesday, at the Grand Prix, Budapest, which is the 13th time setting a new peak landmark.
Double Olympic champion, in 2020 and 2024, Mondo continued his tradition of improving his previous record by one centimeter. And he did this in the second attempt at the “Gyulai Istvan” Memorial, exceeding the height reached in Stockholm in June.
Duplantis, however, seemed to be in the best form, missing the first attempt at 6.11 meters, which has not happened too often in recent years. After the Greek Emmanouil Karalis He withdrew after two failed attempts at the same height, the Swedish lifted the pole to try, as usual, to set a new world record.
To Armand Duplantis did not come to believe that he had succeeded
The double world champion, 25 years old, failed at the first attempt, and at the second attempt he slightly shook the pole. However, he had managed to pass safely at 6.29 m, after which he looked up, almost unbelieving, seeing that he had reached a new peak in the evidence he dominates authoritatively.
Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis Bettered His Pole Vault World Record by centimeters on Tuesday, Clearing 6.29 Metres at the Athletics Meet in Budapest.
Sweden's Duplantis Broke the World Record for the 13th Time as Heth Over the Bar #Afpsports pic.twitter.com/coqydhe9hk– AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 12, 2025
Duplantis, who won the second world title in the same stadium in 2023, ran directly to the public to celebrate with his fiancée, Desire inglanderand with the family.
Born in America, Duplantis first shot down the world record in 2020, in Poland, in Torun, on February 8, a month before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, jumping 6.17 m. He put another centimeter in the same month in Glasgow.
Since then, he has taken this technical test, extremely difficult, to another level. On Saturday, he will compete in Silesia Diamond League, where he broke the world record last year.
Armand Duplantis: “I don't know what my limit is and I don't want to know”
In 2024, he was appointed the athlete of the year at the Laureus Gala. A distinction he received with a super high level competition. Carlos Alcaraz (tennis), Leon Marchand (swimming), Pogacar tade (cycling), Max Verstappen (Formula 1) were the others nominated.
Armand Duplantis with the Laureus trophy of the best athlete in 2024 Photo: Guliver/Gettyimages
However, Duplantis put on his talger the Olympic title, adorned and with a new world record on Stade de France in Paris, the world in the hall from Glasgow and the European, in Rome. Plus the Diamond League final.
Asked if in his case the expression “heaven is the limit” is reality and not cliché, Mondo answered: “I suppose, yes. I suppose if it were to apply to any situation, it would be. But yes, I think this is always the goal. I don't know what my limit is and I don't want to know, I'd rather discover it”.
Then he developed on this idea. “I think it is about pushing myself everyday to be better, to force myself and to reach the limit I have to be, without having a previous target or something that will obsess me. I am in a flow and I think so far is going pretty well with this mentality“He said in an interview for AS.
