GLASGOW - Sweden's Armand Duplantis set a world pole vault record of 6.18 metres at an indoor meeting in Glasgow on Saturday , adding one centimetre to the record he set in Poland last week.
The old record of 6.16m set by French vaulter Renaud Lavillenie had stood since 2014 until Duplantis broke it last Saturday in Torun, Poland."There are so many things that go into this, so many years of hard work," he said."It's really complicated but I guess when you're doing it right it seems simple.
"The Olympics is the biggest thing that a track and field athlete can compete in and that is when I want to have my best competition this season.It is a good start but that's where I want to be the best." The 20-year-old Duplantis sailed over on his first attempt. With no one else left in the competition, he then flew over 6m.The pole vaulter was born in the United States to American father and coach Greg - himself a former pole vaulter who cleared 5.80m - and Swedish heptathlete mother Helena.
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