Swedish pole vault star Armand Duplantis once again rewrote the record books, clearing 6.31 metres on Thursday to set a new world record at the athletics meet held in Uppsala, Sweden. The achievement marked the 15th time the Olympic champion has broken the pole vault world record during his career.

The 26-year-old athlete achieved this feat at the indoor competition named after him in his adopted hometown. Duplantis took only four attempts during the event before producing the record-breaking jump.

Dominant performance in front of the home crowd

Duplantis began his evening by clearing 5.65 metres, 5.90 metres and 6.08 metres, all on his first attempts. After those successful vaults, he requested that the bar be raised directly to a world record height of 6.31 metres, an increase of 23 centimetres.

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He cleared the height on his very first try, completing a spectacular performance in front of a home crowd.

“This is my home,” Duplantis told the crowd. “This is our home. That's how it is. And you know that every time I'm on the track, I represent you. And I do it with great pride.”

“I am so proud to have been able to do this in front of you. I jump for myself, I jump for my family, but I also jump for you, for Sweden, and for everyone who supports me,” he added.

Duplantis later told Swedish broadcaster SVT that breaking the record in front of his home fans made the achievement even more emotional.

“If someone comes to Sweden to challenge me, they will find it even harder to beat me. I am very emotional right now. There was extra pressure because I wanted to achieve something different. Breaking the world record here is truly incredible," he said.

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The Swedish star also revealed that he made a technical adjustment to improve his performance.

“I tried to do something new and push myself to the limit. It's a really great feeling,” he said, explaining that he had lengthened his run-up to better control a stiffer pole.

Norway’s Sondre Guttormsen finished second in the competition with a jump of 6.00 metres. Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis, who had earlier cleared 6.17 metres at the Greek indoor championship this year, failed all three attempts at 6.00 metres. Duplantis will now have another opportunity to extend his newly set world record at the upcoming World Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland, scheduled for the end of March, where he is expected to compete against Karalis once again.