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Review: Mondo Duplantis claims silver medal at 2019 World Championships (Includes first-hand account)

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October 2, 2019

This marks his first medal win at the senior level. Duplantis was able to clear 5.97 meters on his third and final attempt in the men’s pole vault final, the same height that gold medalist Sam Kendricks cleared, but the countback rule worked in Kendricks’ favor. Piotr Lisek of Poland came in third place with a jump of 5.87 meters.

Mondo Duplantis clearing the bar at the 2019 World Championships in Doha

Daniel Mitchell

Ironically enough, Digital Journal had listed Sam Kendricks and Mondo Duplantis as the “Ones to Watch” in the pole vault competition at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and they both won the gold and silver medal respectively.

Mondo Duplantis competing at the World Championships pole vault final in Doha

Daniel Mitchell

Duplantis is the world junior record holder in the men’s pole vault with his clearance of 6.05 meters at last year’s European Championships in Berlin, where he won the gold medal.

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Read More: Mondo Duplantis chatted with Digital Journal in June of 2019.

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Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator who has authored over 24,700 original articles over the past 20 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 19-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.