Swedish Armand Duplantis clears 6.22m and improves his pole vault world record

The Swedish Armand Duplantis during the All Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, February 25, 2023. © AFP / ARNAUD FINISTER

The Swedish Armand Duplantis improved his own pole vault world record by crossing a bar at 6.22 meters during the All Star Perche meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, this Saturday, February 25. Olympic champion in 2021 and world champion in 2022, he has held the world record since February 8, 2020 when he cleared 6.17 meters in Torun in Poland and erased the jump to 6.16 meters from Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie. Since then, Armand Duplantis has advanced the world record by six centimeters. ” It’s amazing, I don’t know what to say. Beating this world record ahead of Renaud Lavillenie is incredible. I would never have jumped so high if it hadn’t been for Renaud he said after his jump.

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