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Review: Mondo Duplantis breaks world junior record…. again (Includes first-hand account)

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May 5, 2018

On May 5, Duplantis improved his own world junior record at the Louisiana State Outdoor Track & Field Championships. He was able to clear the bar at 5.93 meters. His previously world junior record was 5.92 meters, which he set at the Texas Relays in March of 2018.

Presently, Duplantis holds the world junior records in pole vault for outdoor and indoor track and field respectively. Duplantis had set the indoor world junior set at 5.88 meters in February of 2018 in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is coached by his father, former pole vaulter Greg Duplantis, and his mother, Helena, is his personal trainer.

For more information on teenage pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, follow him on Instagram.

Read More: Mondo Duplantis chatted with Digital Journal about his world junior record last month, as well as his plans for the future.

In this article:Greg Duplantis, mondo duplantis, pole vault, world junior record

Written By Markos Papadatos

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.