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Armand “Mondo” Duplantis suffered a first pole vault defeat in almost three years when he failed to clear six metres at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm before taking a break to get married.

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Pole vault world record-holder Armand "Mondo" Duplantis admitted to nerves on the eve of the new Diamond League season on Friday as he seeks to extend his extraordinary unbeaten record.

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Serial world record setter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis will be on hand to kick off this season's Diamond League series when he takes to the pole vault runway at the Shanghai/Keqiao meet this weekend.

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Filipino Olympic pole vaulter EJ Obiena finished ninth in the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, as Mondo Duplantis equaled a record fourth indoor title. 

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Pole vault king Armand “Mondo” Duplantis says he is raring to return to the site of his first world record this week, just days after raising the bar to a whopping 6.31 meters.

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EJ Obiena is pumped for the opportunity to lead Team Philippines in the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze later this month. 

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Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record for the 15th time at the meet that bears his name in Uppsala, Sweden, clearing 6.31 meters on his first attempt.

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Back on top. 

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Emmanouil Karalis became the second best pole vaulter in history as he cleared 6.17 meters at the Greek indoor championships on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time), still far below the 6.30m world record of Armand Duplantis.

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Armand Duplantis fought off a bout of food poisoning to stretch his near three-year pole vault winning run at the All Star Perche, but was unable to better his world record.

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Pole vault world record-holder Armand "Mondo" Duplantis admitted to nerves on the eve of the new Diamond League season on Friday as he seeks to extend his extraordinary unbeaten record.

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Serial world record setter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis will be on hand to kick off this season's Diamond League series when he takes to the pole vault runway at the Shanghai/Keqiao meet this weekend.

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Pole vault king Armand “Mondo” Duplantis says he is raring to return to the site of his first world record this week, just days after raising the bar to a whopping 6.31 meters.

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EJ Obiena is pumped for the opportunity to lead Team Philippines in the upcoming World Athletics Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze later this month. 

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Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault world record for the 15th time at the meet that bears his name in Uppsala, Sweden, clearing 6.31 meters on his first attempt.

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Back on top. 

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Emmanouil Karalis became the second best pole vaulter in history as he cleared 6.17 meters at the Greek indoor championships on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time), still far below the 6.30m world record of Armand Duplantis.

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Armand Duplantis fought off a bout of food poisoning to stretch his near three-year pole vault winning run at the All Star Perche, but was unable to better his world record.

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