Lafayette native Mondo Duplantis is at it again, breaking the outdoor vault record at a Diamond League Event in Rome Thursday.
Mondo cleared 6.15m, breaking Sergaey Bubka's record, which stood for 26 years.
There it is! Mondo Duplantis clears 6.15m to break Sergey Bubka's outdoor pole vault world record! #RomeDL pic.twitter.com/wabzS1Z1L6
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) September 17, 2020
Mondo set the indoor meet record at 6.18m in February.
He will represent team Sweeden in next Summer's Olympics and will be a gold medal favorite.
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