Duplantis soars to new pole vault record and retains world title

September 15, 2025

Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis said a raucous Tokyo crowd was “the difference maker” as he set yet another world pole vault record on Monday, four years after triumphing at the pandemic-troubled Olympics in the same stadium. FRANCE 24’s Caroline Baum reports.

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