Armand Duplantis Celebrates World Record
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Armand Duplantis Celebrates World Record in Tokyo After Championship Win

He treated the Tokyo audience to a show and new heights. Now Armand Duplantis will enjoy the Japanese capital. I'm staying here for a few days, says the Swede after the World Championship gold and world record at the National Arena.

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Andreas Almgren's World Championship bronze on 10,000 meters will be kept by his parents in his childhood home. Armand Duplantis – who has significantly more medals – has not quite decided where he will keep his third consecutive World Championship gold.

Mine are a bit all over. I have some with my parents and then I've saved some myself. Most of them usually end up in Stockholm, he says.

But my parents might want this one, I haven't thought about that yet.

The 25-year-old, on the other hand, knows that the season is over and rest is first and foremost on the program for the coming days.

Some of these he will spend in Tokyo.

I might watch some athletics. I like to do that but it's rare that I can do it since I compete. Then I'll enjoy Tokyo, he says.

Otherwise, I don't have such big plans, just chill.

Armand Duplantis ended the season in style. Back at the Olympic Games arena in 2021, the pandemic-affected summer games that were decided without an audience, the star made sure to soak in the atmosphere, enjoy – and of course jump high.

With 6.30, he set a world record for the 14th time in his career.

After the final, he went out into the Tokyo night and partied at a karaoke bar.

I'm quite tired and need to sleep a bit. But when you do something big, you need to party a bit and hang out with close friends and family, he says.

There was a lot of energy that needed to be released.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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