Armand Duplantis sets new world record in his hometown of Stockholm!

Armand Duplantis is an jock who has impressed america galore times successful his career, and it seems that this 25-year-old does not halt astonishing the nationalist with his successes and records. The young Swede attracted the attraction of the nationalist this clip arsenic well, taking different important step.

The large Swedish jock Armand Duplantis (25) has erstwhile again created a occurrence successful the satellite of sports. At the Diamond League gathering successful Stockholm, helium acceptable a caller satellite grounds successful the rod vault, jumping an unthinkable 6.28 meters. In doing so, helium improved his ain grounds by a centimeter, which helium acceptable lone a fewer months agone successful Clermont-Ferrand.

This is already his 12th satellite grounds successful his career, and the 4th clip helium has managed to bash it successful the Diamond League. However, this clip was peculiar due to the fact that helium did it each successful beforehand of his location crowd.

"It was 1 of my biggest goals and dreams, to acceptable a satellite grounds close here. The Olympic Games and this stadium are connected the aforesaid level for me. I truly wanted to bash it, I had my full household present connected some sides. It was existent magic," Duplantis said with a smile.

Kurtis Marschall finished second

The Olympic champion from Tokyo and Paris secured the triumph by clearing six meters, and past jumped a fantastic 6.28 connected his archetypal attempt. Australian Kurtis Marschall finished 2nd with 5.90 meters, and Dutchman Menno Vloon 3rd with 5.80.

"Every clip I interruption a satellite record, connected the archetypal leap I consciousness similar this could beryllium the day. But contiguous was a small harder. It didn't consciousness truthful earthy to maine from the start. I astir couldn't judge what I had done, it felt similar the archetypal clip I broke the record. I'm inactive a small confused, similar my imagination came true. I'm truthful happy," helium added astatine the end.

Can the Swedish jock spell 1 measurement further?