In front of an enthralled, cheering crowd at the Stade de France, the 24-year-old set his very high sights on breaking a world record: his own.
At the end Monday evening's track and field session at Stade de France, Duplantis cleared a new world record height of 6.25 meters, topping the mark of 6.24m he set in April. That record-breaking leap served as the dessert, coming nearly a half hour after winning his second consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Duplantis edged American Sam Kendricks for gold, with Kendricks securing his second Olympic medal after a bronze at the 2016 Rio Games. Greece's Emmanouil Karalis took bronze, the 24-year-old's first Olympic medal.After Duplantis clinched the gold medal, he first went for and successfully cleared a height of 6.10m. That broke the Olympic record of 6.03 set by Thiago Braz in 2016. When Duplantis topped that easily, the stage was set for a world record attempt with the world watching.
“I tried to clear my thoughts as much as I could," he said."The crowd was going crazy. It was so loud in there, it sounded like an American football game. I have a little bit of experience being in a 100,000 capacity stadium, but I was never the center of attention. Just trying to channel the energy everybody was giving me, and they were giving me a lot of it.
“I think I can do it again, but I don’t really care right now," he continued."I’m so happy. I’m going to enjoy the heck out of this. I don’t care about anything except the present moment right now.”
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