Although it has become familiar, the scene still captivates the audience. “Mondo” Duplantis lifts the pole with both hands, the entire stadium in Budapest (Hungary) holds its breath in anticipation.

He dashed off, running fast and determined, hammering the pole into the hole, clenching his fists, then leaping high into the air as if slung by a giant slingshot.

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Armand Duplantis sets his 13th pole vault world record. Photo: Imago

The rest – flying over the bar and landing on the mat – is no mystery to him now. “It’s like riding a bike,” he once said. This time, on his second jump, Duplantis cleared 6.29m, just missing the bar.

13th world record in his professional sports career. Duplantis raised his index finger to remind the world that he was only 1 centimeter away from conquering the 6.30m mark.

Fans dream of that historic jump at the World Championships in Tokyo, the pole vault final on September 15. The title comes with $70,000 and a $100,000 bonus for setting a world record is too attractive a reward.

Who knows, the new record may come sooner – in Silesia (Poland), Lausanne (Switzerland) or Brussels (Belgium) – because with the class of Duplantis – “Mozart of pole vaulting” – every stage can explode.

The pole vaulting wonder boy continues to extend his record streak, centimeter by centimeter, towards eternity.

No one in athletics today has the ability to continuously raise world standards like him: 4 consecutive years of setting at least 2 records each year (3 times in 2022, 2 times in 2023, 3 times in 2024 and 3 times so far in 2025).

Since the 2024 Paris Olympics, Duplantis' record-breaking pace has been even faster: five records in just 13 months.

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Mondo Duplantis' record streak. Photo: EuroSport

The latest achievement came in Budapest, at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial, the same stadium on the banks of the Danube where he won the 2023 world championship. A year earlier, at the "holy land" of Hayward Field (Oregon, USA), he set a world record with 6.21 m.

What's amazing is that Duplantis is only 25 years old. That opens up the prospect of unimaginable milestones.

“Tsar” Sergei Bubka once had 35 world records; Duplantis had 13. Now, his biggest rival is just… history.

He also set himself another challenge: to break the record of every famous Diamond League tournament. In fact, there are only two stadiums left to conquer: Rabat (Morocco) and London (England).

Duplantis' historic moment. Source: Media Sport

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