Louisiana Native Mondo Duplantis Sets Insane Pole Vault World Record At Summer Olympics

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Every four years, we get to see some pretty awesome feats in track and field, or as the Olympics calls it, Athletics. On Monday, we saw one of those incredible feats, coming from Louisiana native superstar pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis.

Duplantis who, despite being raised in the USA competes for his mother’s homeland in Sweden was heavily favored in the Men’s Pole Vault at the Stade de France on Monday. He won, as expected, but it’s how he won that is raising eyebrows around the world.

Mondo Duplantis came into the meet as the world record holder in the event. In fact, he recently beat his old world record in the leadup to the Paris Olympics, vaulting 6.24 meters.

On Monday, Duplantis easily won the gold medal, clearing the Olympic record height of 6.10. And, he continued on after he had clinched the gold medal, chasing that world record.

Sure enough, he got it, setting the world record for a ninth time with an incredible vault of 6.25 meters, or just over 20 1/2 feet.

Yeah, that’s ridiculous. Imagine two basketball hoops stacked on top of each other. He’s getting his entire body over the second rim!

Mondo Duplantis was raised in Lafayette, Louisiana, and was a pole vault phenom for a young age, setting a ton of age group records.  He won the gold in Tokyo, and has backed it up here with another massive performance.

Though he was raised in Louisiana, he’s elected to compete for Sweden. It’s easy to speculate just how big of a star he would be here in the states if he was representing the Stars and Stripes, instead.

For now, he’s continuing to push the boundaries of pole vault further and further, with a potential 21-foot jump in his sights. At just 24, Mondo Duplantis has plenty of time to do it.