Sweden’s Armand “Mondo” Duplantis claimed another victory, soaring to the men’s pole vault win at the 2025 Diamond League Final in Zurich, Switzerland.
The two-time Olympic champion who struck gold in the French capital with a world record jump of 6.25m, won the competition on Wednesday evening (27 August), clearing 6.00m to also claim the Diamond League title in his discipline.
Since Paris, Duplantis has steadily raised the world record, moving it up four times – including most recently at the Gyulai István Memorial in Budapest on 12 August where he improved the mark to 6.29m.
There was no world record in Zurich but he cleared the bar in his first attempts at 5.50m, 5.80m, 5.90m, and 6.00m before three misses at 6.10m.
It was a rare tight battle with Paris 2024 bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis of Greece who also managed 6.00m but had to settle for second place two misses at the height. The Greek had cleared 5.65m and 5.90m on his first attempts.
American Sam Kendricks, the Paris 2024 silver medallist, was third. After clearing 5.80m, he had one miss at 5.90m and another one at 6.00m before retiring from the competition.
Competition in Zurich continues Thursday (28 August) with the track events where Olympic champions Julien Alfred and Noah Lyles are expected to take part.