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On night one, Olympic champion and World Record holder Armand Duplantis vaulted 6.11 metres to win the men's pole vault title, which was a meeting record, as was the 69.96m winning throw of Matthew Denny in the men's discus. [2]
Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole vault world records. This new rule was not applied retroactively. The introduction in the early 1950s of flexible vaulting poles made from composites such as fiberglass or carbon fiber allowed vaulters to achieve greater height.
With Armand Duplantis, the question is never whether he’ll win but how high he’ll fly. The 24-year-old Swede had broken the pole vault world record eight times, pushing the limits of ...
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis extended his dominant reign over the world of pole vaulting on Saturday, setting his eighth world record in the discipline at the season’s first Diamond League ...
Armand Duplantis of Sweden in action while winning the gold medal and breaking the world record jumping 6.25m during the Men's Pole Vault Final during the Athletics Competition at the Stade de ...
Men's Pole Vault Place Athlete Country Mark Points Armand Duplantis Sweden: 6.24 m: 8 Sam Kendricks United States: 5.82 m: 7 Huang Bokai China: 5.72 m: 6 4: Austin Miller United States: 5.62 m: 5 4: Zhong Tao China: 5.62 m: 5 6: Ben Broeders Belgium: 5.42 m: 3 6: Chris Nilsen United States: 5.42 m: 3 6: Jacob Wooten United States: 5.42 m: 3 Bo ...
Backed by a deafening roar from those in the stands, the Swedish pole vault star broke his own world record with a giant clearance of 6.25 meters at the third and final time of asking.
William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte are the reigning Olympic champions from 2021. Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles ...