Sweden's Mondo raises his own bar to set new Olympic and world record in pole vault
The American-Swede made his eager fans wait until his final attempt at clinching a new world record at the Paris Olympics — knocking down his own by .01 meters.
![Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, clears the bar at 6.25m to set a new world record during the men](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3984x2656+0+0/resize/3984x2656!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa0%2F15%2Ff856342c4c78a9397bae4409cc59%2Fap24218738974869.jpg)
The American-Swede made his eager fans wait until his final attempt at clinching a new world record at the Paris Olympics — knocking down his own by .01 meters.
(Image credit: Martin Meissner)
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