• Mondo Duplantis Sets Outdoor World Recor

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    Mondo Duplantis Sets Outdoor World Record in Pole Vault

    The 20-year-old now holds the best performances indoors and outdoors.
    By Taylor Dutch
    Sep 17, 2020

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    * At Thursday’s Rome Diamond League meet, 20-year-old Mondo
    Duplantis set the outdoor pole vault world record, clearing a
    height of 6.15 meters (20.18 feet).
    * He now holds both the indoor and outdoor pole vaulting records on
    top of his silver medal at the 2019 IAAF World Championships.
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    Seven months after breaking the world record in the pole vault indoors,
    Mondo Duplantis achieved the best clearance in history at an outdoor
    competition on Thursday.

    On his final attempt at the Diamond League meet in Rome, the former LSU
    standout cleared 6.15 meters (20.18 feet), beating the previous outdoor
    best achieved by Sergey Bubka of Ukraine, who jumped 6.14 meters in
    1994.

    After breaking the world record with a clearance of 6.18 meters at
    the Muller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow in February, Duplantis now
    holds the record for the highest jump anyone has ever vaulted outdoors.

    “There’s a lot of confusion because the pole vault is the only event
    which has one world record for both indoors and outdoors,” Duplantis
    told World Athletics. “I wanted the outdoor world best at 6.15 so
    there would no longer be any confusion. Now I have the best jumps
    indoors and outdoors!”

    In the process, the 20-year-old beat runner-up Ben Broeders, who
    vaulted 5.80 meters, a Belgian national record. Duplantis also improved
    on his 6.07-meter world-leading mark, which was set in Lausanne two
    weeks ago.
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    Duplantis was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, and competes
    internationally for Sweden. While representing the LSU Tigers, he
    broke the NCAA indoor and outdoor records and won the NCAA indoor
    championship in 2019. He turned professional after finishing
    runner-up at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships. A few months
    later, Duplantis earned silver at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in
    Doha, Qatar.
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    After the coronavirus outbreak forced the majority of competitions to
    be canceled or postponed, including the Tokyo Olympics, Duplantis has
    proven to be a mainstay in a series of COVID-adjusted meets.

    He opened his 2020 outdoor season at the Impossible Games, a
    reimagined version of the Diamond League meet in Oslo where virtual and
    in-person competition took place so competitors could follow social
    distancing restrictions. In an empty stadium, Duplantis vaulted live
    against a recording of Olympic gold medalist Renaud Lavillenie’s
    attempts from his garden in France. Duplantis emerged victorious with a
    clearance of 5.86 meters.

    He continued to improve his marks at the Diamond League meets in
    Monaco, Stockholm, Lausanne, and Brussels and now holds a 15-meet
    winning streak this year.

    “Coming into the season, we did not know if we were able to do any
    competition at all,” Duplantis told meet organizers. “This world
    record is really unexpected and I am very grateful.”

    In addition to Duplantis achieving the outdoor world best, a number of
    athletes also had standout performances in Rome.

    A homestretch battle between Jacob Kiplimo and Jakob Ingebrigtsen
    was the highlight of the men’s 3,000 meters. Both 19 years-old, Kiplimo
    out-kicked Ingebrigtsen in the last 20 meters, reaching the finish line
    in 7:26.64, a Ugandan national record, Diamond League record, and the
    fastest time since 2007.

    “I am over the moon,” Kiplimo told meet organizers. “I did not
    expect such a great time. I thought that I could run around 7:30. The
    pacemaker was fantastic.”

    Ingebrigtsen finished second in 7:27.05, a Norwegian national record
    and Stewart McSweyn of Australia finished third in 7:28.02, an Oceania
    record. Yemaneberhan Crippa of Italy also broke the national record for
    his country by finishing fourth in 7:38.27.

    On the women’s side, Elaine Thompson set a world lead in the 100 meters
    in her first 2020 competition outside of her native Jamaica. The
    two-time Olympic champion ran 10.85, dominating the field in the
    fastest time run in the world this year.

    “This tells me where I am at the end of this season and tells me how I
    can prepare for next year,” Thompson said. “I am super excited. This
    year required more adjusting, and my goal was to push back and to
    motivate myself.”
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    Chicago; a former NCAA track athlete, Taylor specializes in health,
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