New Delhi, March 2 -- Swedish pole vault champion Armand Duplantis cleared 6.27m at the All Star Perche meet in Clermont-Ferrand, France, improving his mark by a centimetre on Friday, breaking the world record for the 11th time. On Friday night, the 25-year-old released his first song "Bop" under his nickname "Mondo" and then broke the world record with his own music playing in the background.
The double Olympic and world champion has reigned supreme since breaking the world record for the first time in February 2020, clearing 6.17m in a meet in Poland. He bettered the world mark twice that year, thrice in 2022, twice in 2023 and thrice last year. P19
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