mondo duplantis

This past weekend, Duplantis set a yet another pole vault world record with a vault of 20 feet, 7 inches.

The Olympic champion cleared 6.26 meters in a Silesia Diamond League meet in Poland on Sunday.

Lafayette's Mondo Duplantis got the gold medal in the Paris Olympics in pole vaulting. He and other medal winners also get a secret gold box. We know what it is now.

The film hit theaters in Europe and was streamable in other countries, but this is the first time the United States will have access from their homes. The Lafayette native has been pole vaulting since he was three years old and traveling to his mother's native country of Sweden.

Lafayette and LSU's own Armand Duplantis needs to have his story heard, and it will be as Red Bull Studios is putting out a new documentary titled Born To Fly.

He's simply the best to ever do it, proving it again with his latest world record.

He says he's ready to break it again.

Professional pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is a native of Lafayette, Louisiana. Why does the Olympic Gold medalist compete for Sweden? A number of reasons.

Some incredible athletes have come from the Lafayette area.

World Athlete has named Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis "World Athlete of the Year".

The world-class pole vaulter is one of five finalists for Male Athlete of the Year, which is awarded by World Athletics.

Duplantis now holds the outdoor and indoor pole vaulting record.