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Duplantis improves his own pole vault world record to 6.28m

NAMPA / Xinhua
2025-06-16
STOCKHOLM, June 15 (Xinhua) -- Sweden's Armand Duplantis set his 12th pole vault world record on home soil, clearing 6.28 meters to win the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Sunday. The 25-year-old began the competition at 5.60m, then cleared 5.80m, 5.90m, and 6.00m - all on his first attempts - to secure the title. He then raised the bar to 6.28m, one centimeter higher than his previous world record set in February, and once again soared......
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