On Saturday, Mondo Duplantis began the 2024 Wanda Diamond League season with a remarkable performance in Xiamen. The 24-year-old athlete from Sweden set a new world pole vault record of 6.24m, surpassing his previous record of 6.17m that he set in Torun in 2020.
Duplantis cleared the bar at the first attempt and expressed his excitement about competing in China for the first time. This latest record-breaking performance is the eighth of Duplantis’ career so far, and he has already achieved an impressive start to the outdoor season. With more than three months to go before he defends his Olympic title in Paris, Duplantis has shown once again why he is one of the most dominant athletes in track and field today.
