Special to the Advertiser Published 11:14 p.m. UTC Aug 12, 2018 BERLIN — Armand “Mondo” Duplantis, a Lafayette High product and incoming freshman for the LSU track and field team, broke his own junior world record with a clearance of 6.05 meters (19-10.25) on Sunday at the European Championships in Berlin, as he went on to claim the gold medal while representing Sweden. At 18¾ years old, Duplantis became the youngest male athlete to win a field event title in European Championships history. Coming into the event with a prior personal best of 5.93 meters (19-5.50), he bettered his career best by a whopping 4.75 inches to claim his first career senior European Championships title. And he did all of this jumping with poles he had never used, according to an interview with European Athletics. “I had to switch the poles at the higher heights for the ones I had never used before in competition,” Duplantis said. Duplantis entered the competition at 5.50 meters and he cleared that height easily. He progressed to 5.65 meters, then passed at 5.75 meters before failing for a first time at 5.80 meters. He had first-attempt clearances at 5.85 meters, 5.90 meters, 6.00 meters and 6.05 meters. Duplantis… Read full this story
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