Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis has written history again, claiming a new men’s pole vault world record of 6.27m at the All Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It is the 11th time in his career that the Olympic and world champion has smashed the world record.
A Dominant Performance In France
Duplantis, aged 25, had already won the competition with a successful leap of 6.02m. But far from resting on his laurels, he challenged himself even more, trying to shatter his own world record of 6.26m, which he set in August 2024. In an impressive show of talent and belief in himself, he cleared 6.27m on his first try, further cementing his status as the best pole vaulter in history.
A Legacy Of Record-Breaking Achievements
The Swedish sensation has been gradually raising the bar ever since he initially broke the world record in February 2020, when he cleared 6.17m at the age of 20. That record overtook the previous mark of 6.16m held by France’s Renaud Lavillenie, which had lasted for almost six years. Duplantis has been refining his own record ever since, frequently by a mere centimetre at a time, continually extending the limits of the sport.
In Paris 2024, he won his second successive Olympic gold medal and broke the world record at 6.25m. Only weeks later, in August 2024, he broke it again to 6.26m in Poland. His recent feat at Clermont-Ferrand is the third time within less than a year that he has re-written the record books.
