Sweden's reigning Olympic pole vault champ, Mondo Duplantis, explained the 'very difficult' process of traveling with his poles for the 2024 Olympics.
"I'm the center of attention when I walk into an airport with the sticks. That's for sure," Sweden's Mondo Duplantis said.detailed to NBC how he gets his 17-foot poles from one place to another.
The Swedish athlete and Lafayette, Louisiana, native said he first has to find flights that are able to store his bag of poles before paying for oversized luggage fees. Then, Duplantis will draw some confused looks as he lugs the poles through the airport."It's very difficult to travel with them," Duplantis said."When I'm in the airport, I'm just yelling, 'excuse me!' like the whole time. And everybody's just so confused.
On the women's side, qualification is set for Aug. 5 at 4:40 a.m. ET followed by the final on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 1 p.m. ET.Duplantis broke his own world record at a Diamond League event in Xiamen, China, this past April when he cleared 6.24 meters , topping his previous mark of 6.23 meters.
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