Legendary pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis has once again managed to deliver it. As chants of “Mondo, Mondo, Mondo” rang around the stadium, Mondo Duplantis did what he does best, broke just another record
He has once again managed to steal all the limelight as he flew over the bat at a new world record height of 6.25m, having already secured a Paris Olympics 2024 medal earlier in the evening on Monday, 5th August with a vault of 6.00m.
Mondo Duplantis Wins 2nd Olympic Gold Medal, Broke Pole Vault World Record For 9th Time
It has to be noted that this was the ninth time that Mondo Duplantis has broken the world record. He surpassed the record of 6.24m he set in the Xiamen Diamond League in April this year.
After making the heroic jump, Mondo expressed his happiness and said: “I haven’t processed how fantastic that moment was.”
He added: “It’s one of those things that don’t really feel real, such an out-of-body experience. It’s still hard to kind of land right now.
“What can I say? I just broke a world record at the Olympics, the biggest possible stage for a pole vaulter. [My] 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.”
First Mondo broke the Olympic record with a jump of 6.10m and then he raised the bar higher to 6.25m.
As he flew over the bar, the crowd went berserk as there were roars from across the huge number of people gathered inside Stade de France, who had witnessed the greatest jump and jumper in the history of this sport.
Speaking about the huge roar from the fans, Mondo said: “I tried to clear my thoughts as much as I could,”
He added: “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 center 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.”
After winning a second straight gold medal and breaking the record for the ninth time – each time by one centimeter – Duplantis celebrated the heroic jump by imitating the shooting pose of Turkey’s Yusuf Dikec, a famous shooter. Dikec has become an internet sensation after he casually won a silver medal in the Paris Olympics 2024.
Mono Duplantis even received a congratulatory message from Yusuf Dikec himself on social media. Check out the tweet:
Congratulations Duplantis 🇸🇪🇹🇷 pic.twitter.com/VgtsuBC43L
— Yusuf Dikec (@yusufdikec) August 5, 2024
