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Mondo Duplantis named ‘Rising Star’ at 2018 World Athlete Awards

This award ceremony took place in Monaco. Duplantis was presented with the “Rising Star” award by pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie who asked him whether or not his current world record is safe. When put on the spot, Duplantis responded that he thinks “he can jump higher.”

Duplantis was also one of the five nominees for the coveted IAAF “Male World Athlete of the Year” award, which went to marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya. He had smashed the marathon world record in Berlin this past September.

This past October, Duplantis was honored as the “Men’s Rising Star” at the Golden Tracks awards, which were held in Lausanne, Switzerland. This award ceremony honored European athletes.

Mondo Duplantis celebrating at European Championships

Mondo Duplantis celebrating at European Championships
Photo by Daniel Mitchell

As Digital Journal previously reported, on August 12, Duplantis won the gold medal in the pole vault competition at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany, with a new world junior record of 6.05 meters (and personal best).

Markos Papadatos
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Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator that has authored over 22,000 original articles over the past 18 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 16-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.

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