Armand Duplantis was absent when Carl XVI Gustaf presented the King's Medal for merits in Swedish sports at Stockholm Palace.
Six other Swedes, former and current athletes, received medals from the king.
Expressen reported in March that the pole vault star "Mondo" would not attend the ceremony. The Swedish-American is in the USA for a training period ahead of the outdoor season.
It's unfortunate, but there are other opportunities to receive the medal and I'll make it work, said "Mondo", who recently won his third consecutive World Championship gold indoors in Nanjing, to the newspaper.
