Watch: Mondo Duplantis defies physics with record pole vault—his epic celebration is winning the internet
Sweden's Mondo Duplantis jumped high and pretty much defied physics. No sweat—he was just going for gold in pole vault AND setting a world record.?
All in a day's—or rather, second's—work.?
Watch his physics-defying move here:
Full live video of Armand Duplantis breaking the pole vault World record
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Oh, and just a side note - the 24-year-old had already secured gold with a 6.10-meter vault on Monday, but he wasn't done yet and wanted to aim for a higher mark.
Additionally, this is the ninth time Duplantis has shattered the world record, surpassing the 6.24-meter mark he set at the Xiamen Diamond League in April this year.
But it wasn't just his incredible jump that captivated everyone; his celebration afterwards was truly something else - and why not, given his extraordinary achievements.
Check a snippet of it below:
After securing gold with a 6.25-meter jump, American pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, representing Sweden, wasted no time celebrating.?
He sprinted over to the stands and shared a kiss with his girlfriend, Swedish model Desire Inglander.?
In the midst of his celebration, he also embraced his Swedish teammates, even exchanging celebratory punches with them.
Adding to the excitement, Duplantis also mimicked Turkey's silver medalist shooter Yusuf Dikec, who had ruled the trends for competing in shooting without any protective gear.
?"This moment hasn't fully sunk in," Duplantis said after his record-setting performance. "It's one of those experiences that feels unreal, almost like an out-of-body experience."??
"What can I say? I just broke a world record at the Olympics, the biggest possible stage for a pole vaulter. Biggest dream since a kid was to break the world record at the Olympics, and I’ve been able to do that in front of the most ridiculous crowd I’ve ever competed in front of," he said.
He continued, "The crowd was going crazy. It was so loud in there, it sounded like an American football game. I have a little bit of experience being in a 100,000-capacity stadium, but I was never the centre of attention. [I was] just trying to channel the energy everybody was giving me, and they were giving me a lot of it. It worked out."
Duplantis was born into an athletic family in Lafayette, Louisiana. His father, Greg Duplantis, is an American pole vaulter while his mother, Helena is a former heptathlete and volleyball player from Sweden.
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