Mondo Duplantis continues to make history with a new world record

This is the last test left to finish the day and all those Oregon World Cup and the final climax could not have been better. Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis brought joy to the entire Hayward Field crowd as they soared into the Eugene sky like majestic ducks, the symbol of the University of Oregon, and cleared the bar at 6.21 meters, a new record and his first world gold.

“This is the medal I’m missing”, said the Swede. “Setting a record is something I always had in mind, but today I competed with the clear goal of getting the title that was missing from me,” he said excitedly. No one rose so high and no one was born with the skills of the Swedish genius, an impressive pole.

Duplantis added one centimeter on his own record. Also, he broke the record five times in just two years. Since the 6.17 meter flight at the European Torun 2020, which meant the first record, the Swede has continued to improve and its roof is still not intuited. And if his notes were always indoors, this time he did it outside and on a mythical track, where stars are born and champions become legends.

“I love jumping in Eugene and everyone has been amazing here,” he said. Until Duplantis came along, the most time he skipped outside was the work of Sergei Bubka in 1994 with 6.14m, seven centimeters below what is achieved today. In addition, the Swedish genius took another record from the Ukrainian giant in Oregon, because he was saving 48 jump 6.00 meters, surpassing the 46 where Bubka remained at the end of his career. And Duplantis is only 22 years old and has his entire career ahead of him.

The silver medal in Oregon went to Chris Nilson with 5.94m, the same mark as the bronze medalist, Ernest John Obenawhich was condemned by his first decision in 5.70.