Armand Duplantis captures the crowd, and another world record, at the Olympics

As Monday’s competitors at Stade de France wound down there was one remaining matter to be determined, and one competitor with each set of eyes upon him. Having already captured gold within the pole vault — defending his title from the Tokyo Olympics — Armand “Mondo” Duplantis had one remaining try at 6.25 meters, a peak that might break his personal world report.

With over 70,000 spectators clapping in unison, urged on by Duplantis himself, and the 2 athletes who would be part of him on the rostrum appearing as his hypemen, Duplantis rocketed down the runway and propelled himself skyward.

And into the report books as soon as extra:

As he crashed again to Earth Duplantis started to have a good time, pumping his proper arm as he knew yet one more world report was his. The gang at Stade de France roared to life, and the Swedish athlete roared himself at his accomplishment. Duplantis then sprinted over in the direction of his household and family members within the stands, earlier than taking victory laps with American silver medalist Sam Kendricks, and bronze medalist Emmanouil Karalis from Greece:

Then it was time for the compulsory picture by the report, not the primary time Duplantis has posed for such an image:

That is now the ninth new world report set by Duplantis, who first broke the world report again in 2020 with a vault of 6.17 meters at a meet in Poland. Since then Duplantis has frequently bested his earlier world report by one centimeter at a time. In April of this 12 months, he set the mark of 6.24 meters at a meet in China, after which on Monday it was time for the mark of 6.25, which he achieved on his third try, with gold already in his hand.

And there could also be a superb monetary purpose behind this technique.

As famous by the Wall Avenue Journal on Monday, with every new world report comes a major monetary bonus, between $30,000 and $100,000 relying on the occasion.

So when Duplantis units his eyes on his subsequent world report, don’t be shocked if the try is available in at 6.26 meters.