Lausanne DL: Mondo Duplantis Soars 6.10 To Break His Own Record

Written By Uche Dozie

The Swed can’t stop winning as he adds to his over growing laurels at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland.

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Olympic and world champion, Mondo Duplantis soared to what is now becoming a norm whenever the Swedish athlete participates in a meet.

He won the pole vault event with a meeting-record-breaking jump at the Diamond League on Thursday.

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Duplantis who has made winning at every event he has participated a norm, made the field his own after a 6.10m mark after a third attempt.

After a successful pass at the 5.60m, 5.80m and 5.90m in one attempt each, his opponents left at 5.80m, it was obvious the 22-year-old would win.

“It still feels quite amazing, especially on those third attempts – you never know what can happen on the third attempt, so those always really get the juices flowing,” Duplantis said. “Six metres, it’s still very special.”

USA’s Olympic and world silver medallist Chris Nilsen finishing second on 5.80m and Philippines’ world bronze medallist Ernest John Obiena placing third on countback.

Duplantis now has a career total of six metre-plus clearances to 53.

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The Swedish athlete felt he would have got a better mark, but he was tired.

I was pretty tired, I wish I could have made 6.00m and 6.10m on my first attempts but I took all three attempts to make both of them,” said Duplantis.