'I am so proud' - Armand Duplantis breaks pole vault record for 15th time at the Mondo Classic in Sweden

There were more celebrations in Sweden on Thursday as Armand Duplantis continued his remarkable dominance in pole vault with his 15th world record in Uppsala. Less than six months on from his previous record-breaking jump at the World Championships in Tokyo, the 26-year-old made history again. Track and field icon Duplantis said he was "so proud" to have set yet another record.

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Armand Duplantis set a new pole vault world record for the 15th time with a jump of 6.31 metres at the Mondo Classic in Sweden on Thursday.

The Swede cleared 5.65m, 5.90m and then 6.08m in his first attempts at the indoor event in his homeland.

He then requested the bar be raised to 6.31m in a bid to beat the record of 6.30m he set at the World Championships in Tokyo last year.

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"I am so proud to have been able to do this in front of you," Duplantis said.

"I jump for myself, I jump for my family, but I also jump for you, for Sweden, and for everyone who supports me."

The latest jump in Uppsala was the second time Duplantis broke the world record in Sweden, after he cleared 6.28m in Stockholm last June.

Before Duplantis' rise to prominence and first record-breaking jump in February 2020, the record was held by Renaud Lavillenie of France, who jumped 6.16m in 2014.

Two-time Olympic champion Duplantis will undoubtedly aim to better his record again at future events as his total dominance of the discipline continues.

Duplantis finished ahead of Sondre Guttormsen of Norway, who cleared 6.00m. American pair Zachery Bradford and Sam Kendricks finished third and fourth respectively, with Australia’s Kurtis Marschall in fifth.

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Duplantis' world records

6.17m - 8 Feb 2020 (Torun, Poland)
6.18m - 15 Feb 2020 (Glasgow, UK)
6.19m - 7 Mar 2022 (Belgrade, Serbia)
6.20m - 20 Mar 2022 (Belgrade, Serbia)
6.21m - 24 Jul 2022 (Eugene, USA)
6.22m - 25 Feb 2023 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
6.23m - 17 Sept 2023 (Eugene, USA)
6.24m - 20 Apr 2024 (Xiamen, China)
6.25m - 5 Aug 2024 (Paris, France)
6.26m - 25 Aug 2024 (Chorzow, Poland)
6.27m - 28 Feb 2025 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
6.28m - 15 Jun 2025 (Stockholm, Sweden)
6.29m - 12 Aug 2025 (Budapest, Hungary)
6.30m - 15 Sept 2025 (Tokyo, Japan)
6.31m - 12 Mar 2026 (Uppsala, Sweden)

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