On February 16, Beijing time, in the men's pole vault event at the World Athletics Federation 2020 Indoor Tour in Grasse, England, 20-year-old Swedish rising star Duplantis easily won the championship with 6.18 meters and broke the world record, and the original world record holder of the project was himself, creating only a week ago.
At that time, at the 2020 World Athletics Federation Indoor Tour in Torun, Poland, Duplantis broke the world record (6.16 meters) held by French star Laville-Legne for 6.17 meters. This time, at Grasse, Duplantis not only challenged a higher height, but also completed it more easily, and even made people feel that he had every opportunity to go further in a short period of time.
For their own performance, the parties called out to some surprise. "I didn't think I would break the record again, who would have thought I would have done it again, I don't know how far I was from the crossbar when I crossed the bar, but I felt good from the time I ran, I changed to a harder pole and it worked." Duplantis said excitedly after the game.
The surprise of the Swedish rising star is not difficult to understand, in the men's pole vault, breaking the world record is not an easy task. When Lavillegne first broke the world record for Ukrainian star Sergei Bubka, the record had been sealed for nearly 21 years. Before LaVillegne, the men's pole vault was completely ruled by Bubka, who now breaks the world record 35 times in more than a decade, and this has even become a flaw in his sporting career - Bubka always raised the original world record by 1 centimeter at a time, which is considered by many to get more prize money.
Considering that the men's pole vault has now entered a very high level, It may be too difficult for Duplantis to repeat the miracle of his predecessors who broke the world record 35 times, but judging by his performance of breaking the world record this time, it is not impossible to constantly refresh the world record he holds in his sports career and let the men's pole vault enter his own era.