Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 13th time

Armand Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a 13th time – and third this year – with a clearance of 6.29m at the Hungarian Grand Prix. The 25-year-old double Olympic and world champion continued his tradition of improving on his previous record by one centimetre in Budapest, having cleared 6.28m at the […]

Armand Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a 13th time – and third this year – with a clearance of 6.29m at the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old double Olympic and world champion continued his tradition of improving on his previous record by one centimetre in Budapest, having cleared 6.28m at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting in June.

Duplantis first broke the world record, then held by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie for six years, in February 2020 with a 6.17m clearance in Poland.

Duplantis will compete at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Saturday, where he also broke the world record last year.