Mondo Duplantis has now broken the men’s pole vault world record 12 times, with the two-time Olympic champion making history once again at the Diamond League in Stockholm
Mondo Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a 12th time at the Diamond League in Stockholm, with the 25-year-old achieving a clearance of 6.28m. Duplantis is a two-time Olympic champion and first broke the world record back in February 2020.
He has since continued to raise the mark by small increments in order to maximise his bonus money, with athletes receiving a maximum $100,000 (£73,000) payout for setting a new world record.
As a result, it is more lucrative for Duplantis to keep increasing the record by small increments rather than raising it as high as possible. Duplantis is not the only pole vaulter to have employed this tactic, with Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka and Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva doing the same.
Bubka broke the men’s outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times, while Isinbayeva broke the women’s world record 28 times. Duplantis, meanwhile, is estimated to have earned more than £1m from doing this.
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