"So that was why I rushed really hard to try to get it released for today, because I knew that I would have a chance to break the world record, and I felt like the song would be good for today, too."Duplantis adopted the same record-breaking strategy as Ukrainian Sergey Bubka,

Sweden's Armand "Mondo Duplantis" lifted his pole vault world record to 6.27 meters in a World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting on Friday.

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis soared 6.27m* to set the 11th world pole vault record of his career at the All Star Perche, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Clermont-Ferrand on Friday

Armand Duplantis shattered the world pole vault record for the 11th time, clearing 6.27m at the All Star Perche meet in France. The two-time Olympic champion broke his own record while his debut song “Bop” played in the arena.

Swedish Armand Duplantis broke the world record for the 11th time. In the All-Star Perche meet, he soared 6.26 metres to set a new world record. He did that while his own recorded song was playing in the background.

Swedish Olympic champion Armand Duplantis broke his own world record on Friday (Saturday, Manila time) at the All Star Pole Vault in Clermont-Ferrand, France and then promoted another type of record.

Armand Duplantis has now bettered the world record by a centimetre in each of his 11 times from 2020, and has broken it four times in the last 11 months.