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Sweden’s Duplantis sets his own world record in pole vault

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis on Monday broke his own world record in men’s pole vault.

The 22-year-old cleared 6.19 meters (20.3 feet) at the 2022 World Indoor Tour Silver meeting in the Serbian capital Belgrade to set a new record.

World Athletics also confirmed Duplantis’ record on its website.

To date Duplantis has broken three world records as he previously cleared 6.17 meters in Torun, Poland in February 2020, then leaped 6.18 meters in Glasgow, Scotland.

He will compete in the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade on March 18-20 at Stark Arena.

Source: Philippines News Agency