The prevailing thought prior to the World Athletics Championships was that Armand “Mondo” Duplantis’ only rival in the men’s pole vault was the world record.
Not even that was a match for the man hailed as the greatest pole vaulter of all time.
After Duplantis outlasted his human rivals in the men’s pole vault final on Monday, all that was left was an attempt to raise the bar higher for the world record.
Pole-vault superstar Duplantis sets yet another world record in Tokyo
