Armand Duplantis at a meeting with the Diamond League in Oslo 2025. (Getty Images) The Swedish pole Vaulter Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis ensured a victory at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday and set a new record of 6.15 meters under the favorable weather conditions at the Bislett stadium and continued its dominance in sports, holding a world record of 6.27 meters.The athlete born in the US, who won the Olympic gold and broke the world record three times in 2024, maintains its position as a leading figure of sport and recorded the 11 highest jumps in history.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Duplantis was appointed Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for 2024 and became only the second athlete after Field after Usain Bolt to gain this honor.“I am very satisfied. Getting the stadium recording here was in my plans after a few visits here with difficult conditions. It was great to get the right conditions this evening,” Duplantis said.The competition began by entering Duplantis to 5.62 meters, while three competitors – Sondre Guttormsen, Ben Broiders and Ernest John Obien – could not clean their initial heights.At 5.72 meters, three other vaulters – Sam Kendricks, Menno Vloon and Ersa Sasma – were excluded, while Renaud Lavillenie cleared the height before resigning.Duplantis and Emmanouil Karalis successfully cleaned 5.82 meters during their first attempts, while Kurtis Marschall could not proceed.Karalis was expelled after three unsuccessful attempts of 5.92 meters, so Duplantis left as the only competitor.In his third attempt, the Swedish champion cleaned 6.03 meters and exceeded his own record in 2022 by one centimeter before he successfully vaulted 6.15 meters.“It was cooler, so I stopped jumping. On Sunday in Stockholm, it would be an absolute dream to break the world record. In fact, I could retire if I do it! At the moment, the prognosis is good for Sunday and I feel good, I’m in good shape.The victory contributes to the impressive record of Diamond League Duplantis, where since 2020 he lost only four times at 40 meetings.Its world records were methodological and improved one centimeter at a time from 6.17 to 6.27 meters.
