Duplantis gave the Games a massive pole vault world record (6.25)

Armand Duplantis gave the Games the Paris an impressive, unforgettable world record. The pole vault king broke the universal record for the ninth time with a jump of 6.25 meters, one centimeter more than the mark he set in Xiamen, China, last April. In the background is his Olympic gold medal, certainly early, his second. IN’world‘He has no rival. Whether contemporary or historical. Until ‘Tsar‘ Sergey Bubka, who could only win Olympic gold once, was left behind. And he is only 24 years old.

Clean, impeccable technical demeanor, fast in the race. No one reaches the box as fast Duplantis. Nothing supports a pole so hard, so long, relative to its weight. because ‘world‘He is not very tall (1.81) and not very strong either, but he handles poles with a size that is usually only chosen by men who are 10 or 15 centimeters tall. Technically, he is not a paragon of orthodoxy, he is very good but strange, the coaches say, but it works for him. Wow if this works for you.

The only thing that the night does not know Duplantis It is not his success, taken for granted, but his ability to raise his limits precisely on ‘D-day’, on the great occasion, an Olympic final and the attention of the world devoted to him. In three jumps, he took the gold: 5.70, 5.85 and 5.95, giving up the intermediate heights while his opponents gave everything in the fight for a silver medal won, through pure experience and character, US Kendrick Perkins when he passed 5.95 and left the Greek Karalishappy bronze (5.90). Duplantis, already a champion, gave up 6 meters and sought an intermediate height, 6.10, to warm up to the record. He got through it well the first time.

It was record time. At 6.25, one centimeter above the previous record, and where others did not even dream of reaching, the body of Duplantis He went through very easily, but he fell when he went down to the height of the bar. On the second attempt, almost the same action and the same result, another failure in the hands when falling, after climbing a lot. The third remained in the history of athletics. A world record at the Games, he didn’t reach any more. Duplantis He flew further than anyone in history. Technically flawless. And points out that there is still room to continue to rise. 6.30, he believes; his father and technician, Greg Duplantis, said he sees himself jumping 6.40 in four years, when he will be at his peak. And the Artificial intelligence commissioned by Swedish Federation he is predicted to retire leaving the bar at 6.51 meters.

And in the meantime, he’ll keep winning, as he’s done in the last ten major titles, Games, World Cups and Europeans, which is disputed. He has no rival but himself, no challenge except to get a little closer to heaven.