As Monday’s competition at Stade de France wound down there was one final matter to be decided, and one competitor with every set of eyes upon him. Having already captured gold in the pole vault — defending his title from the Tokyo Olympics — Armand “Mondo” Duplantis had one final attempt at 6.25 meters, a height that would break his own world record.
With over 70,000 spectators clapping in unison, urged on by Duplantis himself, and the two athletes who would join him on the podium acting as his hypemen, Duplantis rocketed down the runway and propelled himself skyward.
And into the record books once more:
As he crashed
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