Baton Rouge, La. – Mondo Duplantis is now a world record holder times two after his spectacular performance on Thursday at the Diamond League Rome meeting. He cleared a height of 6.15 meters in the pole vault to claim the outdoor world record in addition to his indoor world record that his set in February at 6.18 meters.
"There's a lot of confusion because the pole vault is the only event which has one World record for both indoors and outdoors," Duplantis said in an interview with World Athletics after his performance. "I wanted the outdoor world best at 6.