Mondo Duplantis instantly banks $100,000 as he breaks world record for astonishing 14th time

Mondo Duplantis has set another world record – of course he has.

The Swedish superstar broke the pole vault record for a remarkable 14th time as he claimed gold at the World Athletics Championships.

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Duplantis beat Greek rival Emmanouil Karalis to gold in Tokyo and went on to succeed at a never-before-seen height of 6.30m.

It beat his previous world record of 6.29m, which was set in Budapest in August, by one centimetre.

The 25-year-old managed to achieve the height on his third and final attempt at the World Championships, after just clipping the bar on his previous two tries.

Following his successful third attempt, he roared passionately and the entire stadium, along with his competitors, joined him in raucous celebration.

Duplantis was swamped by his rivals – after they watched on in awe of the sport’s greatest ever star – and then cameras as he raced onto the running track beside the pole vault.

The two-time Olympic champion then stood on the barriers at the side of the track with his arms out wide, staring at the crowd in attendance who celebrated with him.

This is the fourth time that Duplantis has broken the pole vault world record in 2025 and the 14th of his career overall.

Ukraine’s Sergey Bubka set 17 men’s pole vault world records between 1984 and 1994 during his career in the sport.

Duplantis has incredibly set 14 across the last five years.

Also, by claiming a world record at the World Championships, he has picked up a whopping reward of $100,000.

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Duplantis’ fantastic fourth

Duplantis’ success in Tokyo comes after he’d already broken the pole vault world record three times this year.

He set a new best-ever height for the 11th time in March at the All Star Perche event in France.

Another record fell in June, as he broke his own best height for the 12th time at a Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.

And he achieved his 13th world record in August at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Hungary’s capital, Budapest.

Duplantis has now made it 14 at the World Championships, and after each one, he has had a signature celebration.

He rushes over to his family and camp to kiss his fiancée, Desire Inglander, a Swedish model – doing so in Tokyo too.

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What had Duplantis said after his latest world record?

Duplantis has been speaking after yet another incredible achievement at the World Athletics Championships.

He said after his latest gold medal and world record: “It’s better than I could have imagined.

“To give you guys this world record is amazing. The crowd were so loud. Thank you so much. I’m just so happy.”

The pole vaulting phenomenon had admitted that he was eyeing 6.30m before he began the final in Tokyo.

Ahead of the event, he revealed: “That’s what I want to do. I feel like it’s possible… I feel like it’s on the cards.”

And it was, as he wrote himself into the history books yet again.

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How did Duplantis win gold in Tokyo?

Duplantis set out his stall very early in the World Championship final, flying over 5.55m and then skipping straight to 5.85m.

He then went on to clear 5.95 and 6m on his first attempts, being closely followed by Karalis and Australia’s Kurtis Marschall.

From 6m on onward, it left a three-horse race between Duplantis, Karalis and Kurtis Marschall, but in reality, only one horse was going to win as Duplantis ticked off 6.15m.

Marschall didn’t make it past 6m, taking home bronze, with Karalis then left scrambling to keep up with Duplantis, upping his height on each attempt to go for gold.

But the Greek athlete failed to successfully complete any of his tries, which allowed Duplantis to win with a height of 6.15m.

He, of course, then attempted to break his own world record with the win in the bag already, and he did so brilliantly.

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