Armand Duplantis shatters his previous world record by a centimeter to rule the Diamond League Final, with Filipino star EJ Obiena bagging silver
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis made the extraordinary look almost routine yet again as he broke his own pole vault world record, clearing 6.23 meters at the Eugene Diamond League Final on Sunday, September 17 .
With his family there to witness the occasion, Duplantis jumped up and down in joy before sprinting to his team, who hoisted him into the air. “I don’t remember the jump. I’m dead serious… I just knew that it was going to be really close,” he said in televised remarks. “I knew that when I was over the bar just to not panic because I knew I was going to have to squeeze over a little bit. I don’t know, I just looked up and the bar was still there – I don’t know, it’s hard to explain.”
The record-breaking performance was exactly how he wanted to end his extraordinary season after he tried and failed to clear his own record mark at the world championships in Budapest.“It was the most family I’ve had at a competition since high school. So that’s an unbelievable feeling, especially because those are the people I want to make the most proud,” said Duplantis.
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