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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]
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 ...
With the crowd eagerly watching and clapping in unison, over the next 20 minutes Duplantis made three attempts, but as in all pole vault competitions, they either end in withdrawal or failure. Duplantis failed to set a new record on this night.
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The present record of 6.26 m ( 20 ft 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) was set by Armand Duplantis , competing for Sweden at the Silesia Diamond League .
Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, celebrates after winning the men's pole vault during the Diamond League final 2024 athletics meet in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.
Duplantis has made it look so effortless, too, sort of like the pole vaulting legend himself, Sergey Bubka. Told that Bubka once won six straight world titles, Duplantis just smiled.
The 24-year-old, who one publication called "the Timothée Chalamet of the pole vault," cleared a record 6.25 meters, the equivalent of 20.5 feet, on his final vault. The mark beat his own world ...
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 ...