Swedish pole vaulter improves his international mark on the Istvan Gyulai Memorial on Tuesday
Mondo Duplantis set the thirteenth world file of his profession with a 6.29m clearance on the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Budapest on Tuesday (Aug 12).
Returning to the scene of his 2023 World Championships triumph, the 25-year-old from Sweden was pushed by Emmanouil Karalis of Greece with each males clearing 6.02m on their first makes an attempt at this World Athletics Continental Tour Gold assembly.
Karalis bowed out after two misses at 6.11m, however Duplantis went clear at that peak so as to add one centimetre to the Hungarian all-comers’ file he set when profitable the world title on the similar stadium in 2023.
He then moved the bar to six.29m – a one centimetre enhance on the world file peak he cleared in Stockholm in June – and cleared it at his second try.
