Armand Duplantis hit the Yusuf Dikec stance after winning Gold in the men’s pole vault
The genius reason why Armand Duplantis only improves his pole vault world record by 1cm each time is all down to the lucrative bonuses that athletes reportedly receive every time that they break a world record. The Swede currently holds the record for the indoor and outdoor pole vaulting.
Having already won a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the 24-year-old made it back-to-back triumphs as he came out on top again this summer at the Stade de France. Duplantis made easy work of Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis and the United States’ Sam Kendricks when he jumped 6.10m at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
He then went on to jump 6.25m later that night, breaking the world record he himself set in April. This wasn’t unusual for the athlete, though. In fact, he’s broken his own world record on multiple occasions, but each time, he only ever beats his previous best by 1cm, despite it looking like he could do even better. Now, a reason for this has been revealed.
