Armand Duplantis broke his own world record for the third time this year, winning Sweden's fourth consecutive gold medal in the Diamond League Silesia. (Photo by Andrzej Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Three weeks after winning gold and setting a new world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Armand Duplantis continues to make history. On Sunday, the 24-year-old pole vaulter set another world record at the Diamond League Silesia track and field meet in Chorzow, Poland.
Duplantis cleared 6.26 meters to win the gold medal, breaking his world record for the third time this season. Sunday's win was his fourth consecutive Diamond League gold medal.
Born and raised in Louisiana, Duplantis has represented Sweden internationally – his father is a US pole vaulter and his mother is a Swedish heptathlete.
The young pole vaulter made waves at the Olympics, appearing at the iconic Paris Olympics celebrations on his way to winning gold, his second consecutive gold medal after winning in Tokyo. But after winning in Paris and breaking the Olympic record, he didn't stop there: Duplantis continued to challenge himself to break the record, clearing 6.25 meters and beating his own record by one centimeter.
On Sunday, he did it again, beating his previous record by one centimeter. Duplantis, who turned professional in 2019 after a year at Louisiana State University, has now broken 10 world records in his past four years of competing. His first came in February 2020, when he set a time of 6.17 at the Copernicus Cup in Torun, Poland.
