Mondo Duplantis, photo by PhotoRun.net
Mondo Duplantis has done it once again. The World U 20 record holder cleared. 5.93 meters at the Louisianna state high school meet and broke his own U20 record, set in March 2018, at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, where he cleared 5.92 meters.
In this competition, Mondo cleared all three heights on first attempts. Duplantis started at 5.45 meters, then, 5.84 meters, and finally, 5.93 meters. Mondo Duplantis is one of the finest young vaulters in our sport. His leg speed over 100 meters (10.64, I believe), shows that Mondo is the real thing. Always a lot of fun to watch, Mondo will be one of the great stars of our sport in future years.
What do I like about Mondo the most? His parents. Both coaches and parents, they have allowed Mondo Duplantis to be a teenager, which is really key in his long term development.
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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