Episode 1554
Armand Duplantis
Wed, 2021-Aug-04 01:19 UTC
Length - 1:55
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With 184,515 views on Tuesday, 3 August 2021 our article of the day is Armand Duplantis.
Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) is a Swedish pole vaulter and the current world indoor record holder with a height of 6.18 metres, a world best (outdoor) of 6.15 metres and the current Olympic champion. Duplantis won gold as a 15-year-old in the boys' pole vault at the 2015 World Youth Championships and holds a number of age group world bests. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Championships with a height of 6.05 metres (a new under-20s world record), and the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. Duplantis has also won the 2020 Diamond League and the 2021 European Indoor Championships, setting Championship Bests at both. In 2021, he won the gold medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:19 UTC on Wednesday, 4 August 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see Armand Duplantis on Wikipedia.
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