Trust Mando Duplantis and he will do it! The pole vault legend broke his own world record once again.
Duplantis, the two-time Olympic champion, shattered his own world record by by clearing 6.29 meters at the István Gyulai Memorial in Budapest on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
This was his 13th world record in this discipline.
The One Centimeter Factor For Mando Duplantis
In classic fashion, he surpassed his June record of 6.28 m by exactly one centimeter. The Swedish has coincidentally been surpassing his own world record with the help of one centimeters.
Despite an early stumble-missing his first attempt at 6.11 m-Duplantis composed himself and nailed the height on his second try. He then vaulted to the record-breaking 6.29 m, again on his second attempt, prompting disbelief and euphoria from the crowd.
Overcome with emotion, he celebrated emphatically-running to the stands to embrace his partner Desire Inglander and his family.
Reflecting on the moment, he said, “I love Hungary very much. The track is very good, I love the crowd, I would like to return, thank you.”
At the István Gyulai Memorial, Greece’s Emmanoiul Karalis finished second with a best attempt of 6.02m, while Australia’s Kurtis Marschall claimed third place with an attempt of 5.82m.
This latest feat marks his third world-record leap of 2025 alone, following earlier records in Clermont-Ferrand (6.27 m, February) and Stockholm (6.28 m, June).
Mando Duplantis is American-born Duplantis but competes for his mother’s native Sweden.
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Looking ahead, Duplantis will next compete at the Silesia Diamond League, another venue where he previously raised the bar-literally-by setting a world record.
He is bidding to become just the second men’s athlete after Sergey Bubka to win three successive world outdoor pole vault titles. Bubka, who hails from Ukraine, broke the outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor mark 18 times between 1984 and 1994.
At the Paris Olympics 2024, Duplantis had become the first man to retain the Games pole vault title since America’s Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956.
With Duplantis going past 6.29m, the Swedish athlete has now levelled Sergey Bubka in breaking the world record on most occasions (13).
