Mondo Duplantis Sets Outdoor World Record in Pole Vault

The 20-year-old now holds the best performances indoors and outdoors.
By Taylor Dutch
Sep 17, 2020

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* At Thursday’s Rome Diamond League meet, 20-year-old Mondo
Duplantis set the outdoor pole vault world record, clearing a
height of 6.15 meters (20.18 feet).
* He now holds both the indoor and outdoor pole vaulting records on
top of his silver medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships.
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Seven months after breaking the world record in the pole vault indoors,
Mondo Duplantis achieved the best clearance in history at an outdoor
competition on Thursday.

On his final attempt at the Diamond League meet in Rome, the former LSU
standout cleared 6.15 meters (20.18 feet), beating the previous outdoor
best achieved by Sergey Bubka of Ukraine, who jumped 6.14 meters in
1994.

After breaking the world record with a clearance of 6.18 meters at
the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow in February, Duplantis now
holds the record for the highest jump anyone has ever vaulted outdoors.

“There’s a lot of confusion because the pole vault is the only event
which has one world record for both indoors and outdoors,” Duplantis
told World Athletics. “I wanted the outdoor world best at 6.15 so
there would no longer be any confusion. Now I have the best jumps
indoors and outdoors!”

In the process, the 20-year-old beat runner-up Ben Broeders, who
vaulted 5.80 meters, a Belgian national record. Duplantis also improved
on his 6.07-meter world-leading mark, which was set in Lausanne two
weeks ago.
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Duplantis was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, and competes
internationally for Sweden. While representing the LSU Tigers, he
broke the NCAA indoor and outdoor records and won the NCAA indoor
championship in 2019. He turned professional after finishing
runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships. A few months
later, Duplantis earned silver at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in
Doha, Qatar.
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After the coronavirus outbreak forced the majority of competitions to
be canceled or postponed, including the Tokyo Olympics, Duplantis has
proven to be a mainstay in a series of COVID-adjusted meets.

He opened his 2020 outdoor season at the Impossible Games, a
reimagined version of the Diamond League meet in Oslo where virtual and
in-person competition took place so competitors could follow social
distancing restrictions. In an empty stadium, Duplantis vaulted live
against a recording of Olympic gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie’s
attempts from his garden in France. Duplantis emerged victorious with a
clearance of 5.86 meters.

He continued to improve his marks at the Diamond League meets in
Monaco, Stockholm, Lausanne, and Brussels and now holds a 15-meet
winning streak this year.

“Coming into the season, we did not know if we were able to do any
competition at all,” Duplantis told meet organizers. “This world
record is really unexpected and I am very grateful.”

In addition to Duplantis achieving the outdoor world best, a number of
athletes also had standout performances in Rome.

A homestretch battle between Jacob Kiplimo and Jakob Ingebrigtsen
was the highlight of the men’s 3,000 meters. Both 19 years-old, Kiplimo
out-kicked Ingebrigtsen in the last 20 meters, reaching the finish line
in 7:26.64, a Ugandan national record, Diamond League record, and the
fastest time since 2007.

“I am over the moon,” Kiplimo told meet organizers. “I did not
expect such a great time. I thought that I could run around 7:30. The
pacemaker was fantastic.”

Ingebrigtsen finished second in 7:27.05, a Norwegian national record
and Stewart McSweyn of Australia finished third in 7:28.02, an Oceania
record. Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy also broke the national record for
his country by finishing fourth in 7:38.27.

On the women’s side, Elaine Thompson set a world lead in the 100 meters
in her first 2020 competition outside of her native Jamaica. The
two-time Olympic champion ran 10.85, dominating the field in the
fastest time run in the world this year.

“This tells me where I am at the end of this season and tells me how I
can prepare for next year,” Thompson said. “I am super excited. This
year required more adjusting, and my goal was to push back and to
motivate myself.”
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Taylor Dutch Taylor Dutch is a sports and fitness writer living in
Chicago; a former NCAA track athlete, Taylor specializes in health,
wellness, and endurance sports coverage.
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