<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1cqsRl_0uoQZ1Za00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1cqsRl_0uoQZ1Za00" width="450" height="281" ><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3Ee8Q5_0uoQZ1Za00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3Ee8Q5_0uoQZ1Za00" width="450" height="305" ><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate> PARIS (Reuters) - Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having retained the Olympic gold medal with a 6.00m leap. Duplantis had earlier cleared 6.10 to set an Olympic record and, with the entire stadium watching after all other events had finished, he surpassed the 6.24 mark he set in April. (Reporting by Mitch Phillips, editing by Ed Osmond) </div>

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Swedish Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis has done it again. At the Paris Olympics final on Monday, the all-time great vaulter broke his own world record — clearing a height of 6.25 meters. The packed crowd at Stade de France exploded as Duplantis cleared the bar and made history. This is the ninth time ...

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Former LSU track and field star Armand Duplantis, who represents Sweden in national competitions, set a world record in the pole vault by clearing 6.25 meters in his third attempt at that height.
MONDO DUPLANTIS ENDS THE NIGHT WITH A NEW WORLD RECORD.  #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/0egeRdxphW— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 5, 2024

Gravity? Never heard of it. pic.twitter.com/xXTYFtwnwm— The Olympic Games (@Olympics) August 5, 2024

ARMAND DUPLANTIS SETS THE MEN'S POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD  pic.twitter.com/aoSEu8YXrL— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 5, 2024
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PARIS (Reuters) - Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having retained the Olympic gold medal with a 6.00m leap.

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