'4 jumps →金' Men's pole vault 'Absolute Powerful' Duplantis wins 2 consecutive Olympics as if practicing
Aug 06, 2024
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Sweden's 「Oldest Jumping King」Armond Duplantis (24) won his second consecutive Olympic title with his overwhelming skills. He even set a new world record. His second consecutive Olympic victory was completed with four jumps. After that, he jumped four more times and achieved a new world record. The competition with the second place was also meaningless due to the difference in superior skills.
Duplantis set a new world record of 6m25 in the men's pole vault final at the 2024 Paris Olympics held in Stade de France, France on the 6th (Korea time). It was a predictable result. Duplentis was one of the gold medal winners at the Olympics. In April, he also achieved a new world record (6m24) in the Diamond League of the World Athletics Federation.
This pace continued in the Paris Olympics. Duplentis jumped 5m70 in the first period with his first attempt. He also succeeded in the first period lightly in the 5m85 and 5m95. With just three jumps so far, he was tied for the lead with Sam Candrix of the U.S. But Duplantis didn't stop. Duplentis, who immediately raised the bar to 6m00, also clinched the Olympic gold medal in the first period.
Duplantis' challenge of winning his second consecutive Olympic victory with just four jumps continued. From now on, it was not someone else but 'fight against oneself'. It is not a rhetorical expression. In fact, Duplentis holds all of the men's pole vault indoor and outdoor integrated records from 1st to 9th. In order to achieve a new world record, he had to break the record he set.
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Duplentis gradually left 'the human world' and jumped 'the heavenly world' The next challenge was 6m25. It is a height that no one in history has ever exceeded. The world record was that Duplantis exceeded 6m24 in April. The first period is a failure. In the second period, he also touched the bar and dropped it. It seemed to be confirmed that Duplentis was still a human being affected by gravity.
However, Duplentis crawled in the third period and jumped a height of 6m25. The bar didn't fall. A new world record for the men's pole vault has been achieved. With this, Duplantis set a new world record of 9th. This means that he has set a new world record nine times so far and has repeatedly broken it.
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It is the first time in 68 years that Bob Richards of the U.S. has lost two consecutive Olympic men's pole vaults since the 1952 Helsinki-1956 Melbourne Olympics. Duplentis has established himself as the new 'King of Athletics' since retired Usain Bolt (Jamaica).
Duplentis has dual U.S.-Swedish citizenship. He was born to Greg Duplantis, an American pole vaulter, and Helena, a Swedish mother who played in heptathlon and volleyball. He is a native of Louis, USA, and is also a U.S. national, but he is representing Sweden in international competitions according to his mother's nationality.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
wman@sportschosun.com
