Armand Duplantis of Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.22 metres at an indoor meeting in France on Saturday, Feb. 25, describing it as “almost an out-of-body experience”.
Swedish athlete Armand Duplantis poses for a photograph as he celebrates after setting a new pole vault world record during the men’s pole vault event at the International indoor athletics meeting All Star Perche at the Sports House, in Clermont-Ferrand, central France, on February 25, 2023.
Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year. Duplantis, 23, said: “When you have moments like this, when the energy is so high, and you’re going down there for the record, it feels like levitating, it feels like my body never even touched the ground the whole jump.
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