Mondo won the toughest final

“Mondo” entered the final with a 5.70 on his first attempt. Six more men cleared that height. “Mondo” cleared over 5.80 and then cleared 5.90 on his first jump. After 5.90, five jumpers remained.

“Mondo” went on to clear 5.95 and 6.00 on his first attempts. Greek Karalis also cleared that height. American Kendricks tried hard and cleared over 6.00, but he then failed to clear 6.05 and came third at 5.95.

At 6.05, “Mondo” started by clearing his first attempt. It was the hundredth time he had cleared 6 meters or more. Karalis also made his first jump and thus shared the lead with “Mondo”.

Duplantis cleared his first attempt at 6.10. In the very tough final, Karalis now had the chance to take the lead, but he broke on the first jump.

Mondo cleared 6.10 with a shaky bar on the second attempt. Karalis broke his first two attempts and then saved the third jump for 6.15.

At 6.15, “Mondo” started with air in the first round. It was his seventh jump in the final. When Karalis then broke his espadrille attempt, Duplantis had secured the victory. Karalis thus came second at 6.10 in the best final ever in an international championship.

– It has been a good weekend. I am happy that I managed to win, commented “Mondo” Duplantis for TV4.

– Good for the pole vault that it was so even.

Armand Duplantis now expanded his very impressive track record, which includes 10 victories in international championships since 2021; two Olympic gold medals, two World Championship gold medals, two European Championship gold medals, three indoor World Championship gold medals and one indoor European Championship gold medal. In addition, “Mondo” has improved the world record from 6.17 to 6.27 since 2020. That makes a total of 11 world records.

Text: Anders Olsson