This is the announcement pole vault fans have been waiting for. This Thursday, the star of the discipline Armand Duplantis confirmed his presence at the Monaco meeting which will be held next July.
Pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis will headline the Monaco Diamond League meeting on July 11, 2025, the organizers announced this Thursday. “Mondo Duplantis, reigning Olympic champion, is the first athlete to confirm his presence at the Stade Louis II” in Monaco for the competition, the organizers wrote in a press release.
Crowned Olympic champion at the Stade de France in August, by beating his own world record (6.25 m, since raised to 6.26 m), the 25-year-old Swede had an exceptional 2024 season and left his mark on the world. beyond his sport. Undefeated in 2024, Duplantis experienced his only defeat of the summer of 2023 in Monaco, when he took 4th place in the meeting with 5.72 m.
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