Mondo Duplantis: Why Swedish Pole Vaulter Breaks World Record by 1cm at a Time
- Mondo Duplantis has been shattering world records since 2020 and has won two Olympic gold medals and two world titles
- The Swedish pole vault superstar has smashed the world record 10 times and is still only 24
- His world record progression started at 6.17 metres, and he recently took it to 6.26 metres after adding another centimetre
Barely a month after the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Swedish pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis smashed his world record for the 10th time on August 25 in Silesia, Poland.
The Swede won a second gold medal and broke the world record at the Olympic Games.
One thing that has stood out in Duplantis' record-breaking run is he always breaks it by 1 centimetre at a time.
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The 24-year-old cleared 6.25 metres at the Olympics and then followed it up by clearing 6.26m in Poland, which earned him a $10,000 cheque and a 14-carat gold, diamond champion ring, per World Athletics.
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Duplantis smashed the world record for the first time in February 2020. He cleared 6.17m, breaking Renaud Lavillenie's record of 6.16m set in 2014.
He has been breaking his won mark for 1cm at a time, and since it's always the last event in a meet, he always puts on a show.
Duplantis has a way to go to match Sergey Bubka's run of 17 world records, per World Athletics.
The Swede has won two Olympics gold medals and two world titles. If he continues at this pace, he has a chance to become the greatest pole vaulter ever.
Why Duplantis breaks WR by 1cm
The two-time Olympic champion has only broken the world record by 1cm at a time.
Many fans have noticed Duplantis only breaks the record by 1cm at a time and wonder why that is so.
Apparently, the Swedish star breaks the world record by 1cm to earn a bonus of $100,000 (Ksh12.8 million), according to Forbes. Therefore, every time he breaks a world record, he earns $100,000.
With three Diamond League meets left, Duplantis could add another world record to conclude the season ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
He earned $50,000 (Ksh6.4mil) for winning gold in Paris and will earn $30,000 (Ksh3.8mil) if he wins the Diamond League final.
Athletics records that may never fall
Briefly News earlier listed world records in athletics that may never be broken.
The men's 100m by Usain Bolt has stood for 15 years and will likely stand for a while. The women's 100m has also stood since 1988. Bahrain's Salwa Eid Nasser, who clocked 48.14 seconds, and Shaunnae Miller-Uibo, who ran 48.36 seconds at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, have come close.
Jarmila Kratochvilova's unbelievable mark in the women's 800m has not been touched in 41 years. Galina Chistyakova (Soviet Union/Slovakia) still holds the women's long jump world record.
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