The child prodigy Duplantis becomes the new king of heights: 6.17 meters

The Swedish athlete exceeds by one centimeter the sidereal record that the French pertiguist Renaud Lavillenie established in 2014

The young Swedish Armand Duplantis has beaten this afternoon at the Torun (Poland) meeting of the indoor track circuit, the world record of pole vaulting with 6.17 meters, which makes him the new king of heights . Duplantis better in one centimeter the previous universal record that the French Renaud Lavillenie possesses with 6.16 from February 15, 2014 in Donetsk (Ukraine).

The athlete born twenty years ago in Lafayette (United States) was already about to achieve the world record last Tuesday in Dsseldorf (Germany), but ended up tearing down the lath with his right elbow when he had passed.

On this occasion do not fail. Duplantis started his contest at 5.52, was left alone and went to the first 5.72, 5.92 and 6.01. I asked again 6.17 to overcome the record of Lavillenie. He could not in his first attempt, to tear down the list with the thighs, but in the second s he could reach the glory.

The new record holder went crazy, like everyone around him and the public. He quickly rushed toward the stands, 'climbed' up to her and merged into an emotional hug with his mother Helena.

At his 20 years and 90 days he becomes the youngest record holder of the pole vault since 1980 with the Frenchman Thierry Vigneron (5.75) and the second Swede after Kjell Isaksson, who beat him four times in 1972 (up to 5.59) .

Given his youth and his unstoppable progress since he began to emerge (in 2015 he already won gold in the Youth World Cup with 5.30), the Swedish athlete, world runner-up in Doha 2019 and European champion in Berlin 2018, seems in a position to become in the new king of this contest and to improve the world registry.