Torun [Poland], March 22 (ANI): Pole vault icon Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis made historical past on the ongoing World Athletics Indoor Championships, changing into the first-ever man to safe 4 successive world indoor pole vault titles and setting a brand new championship file within the course of.
Following Australian Kurtis Mascharll’s try of 6.00 m to safe the bronze, the battle for the gold medal was right down to Mondo and Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, as per Olympics.com.
Karalis, assured after securing his private greatest try of 6.17 m within the house championships just some weeks again, managed to move 6.10 m and 6.15 m. Mondo managed to clear each heights with ease in his first try.
When Karalis failed to achieve 6.20 m in his first try, Mondo soared larger, to a record-breaking 6.25 m, outclassing his personal championship file of 6.20 m from the 2022 version in Belgrade.
Karalis needed to accept a silver for the third successive time on the world championships, after failing to achieve Mondo’s peak. He had additionally claimed the second spot within the World Indoor Championships Nanjing 2025 and the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 2025. (ANI)