The prevailing thought prior to the World Athletics Championships was that Armand ¡°Mondo¡± Duplantis¡¯ only rival in the men¡¯s pole vault was the world record.
Not even that was a match for the man hailed as the greatest pole vaulter of all time.
After Duplantis outlasted his human rivals in the men¡¯s pole vault final on Monday, all that was left was an attempt to raise the bar higher for the world record.
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