Armand Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record in ‘magic’ Stockholm

Swede sends home fans wild with 6.28m vault
It is 12th time the 25-year-old has set the record
Sweden’s Armand Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record on home soil as Georgia Hunter Bell claimed an 800m Diamond League win. Duplantis delighted the Stockholm crowd by clearing 6.28m on his first attempt after raising the bar from 6m.
It was the 12th time the two-time Olympic champion, who was born in the US but competes for Sweden, has broken the pole vault world record. In Stockholm he improved on his previous record, set in February, by 1cm on his first attempt. Continue reading...
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