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‘Next Usain Bolt’ Armand Duplantis breaks another world record – Wide World of Sports
20-year-old phenom set to rock athletics
Armand Duplantis may only be 20 years old but he is already a track and field superstar.
Having broken his own indoor pole vault world record in February this year, at the Diamond League meeting in Rome, the Swede broke the outdoor world record too.
Duplantis, nicknamed “Mondo” and heralded as the next Usain Bolt for his potential to light up the sport, failed to best Sergey Bubka’s previous world record of 6.14 metres on his first attempt, but broke the 26-year-old record with a 6.15 metres v…
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