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Sweden's Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP/File

Sweden's Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men's pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1750697039095AFP__20240805__36AZ68T__v5__Preview__TopshotAthleticsOlyParis2024.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Sweden&#x27;s Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP/File"/>Sweden&#x27;s Armand Duplantis attempts to pass 6.25m in the men&#x27;s pole vault final of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on August 5, 2024. Andrej Isakovic, AFP/File</div>OSTRAVA, Czech Republic -- Swedish pole-vaulting star Armand Duplantis said on Monday that clearing 6.40 meters was &quot;in the realm of possibility&quot;, eight days after improving his previous world record to 6.28m.The 25-year-old US-born double Olympic champion set his 12th world record at the Stockholm Diamond League meet on June 15.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2025/6/15/duplantis-breaks-own-world-record-obiena-7th-in-stockholm-0140">READ: Duplantis breaks own world record; Obiena 7th in Stockholm</a></div>&quot;I&#x27;ve always believed that I&#x27;m able to keep pushing higher and of course I&#x27;ve shown now that I&#x27;m very, very close to 6.30 meters,&quot; Duplantis told reporters ahead of Tuesday&#x27;s Golden Spike meet in the Czech city of Ostrava.&quot;I want to keep pushing and I want to get to 6.30m as soon as possible.&quot;I&#x27;d like to get to 6.40m, that would be another crazy barrier of course and that also feels like in the realm of possibility for me.&quot;Duplantis said he had been surprised that his latest world record had come in Stockholm because the set-up had not been ideal.&quot;I didn&#x27;t feel like my best, it was probably the worst that I felt for a world record jump, honestly, before,&quot; said Duplantis.&quot;I felt like I was a little bit all over the place on the day and a little bit inconsistent. But then I hit the right jump at the right time, which I guess is the most important in pole vaulting.&quot;Setting a world record in Sweden presented Duplantis with a welcome occasion to celebrate with friends and family.&quot;I did celebrate it pretty hard, but I feel like I&#x27;m fully recovered now and ready to start jumping again,&quot; he said.Duplantis also announced he is planning to release his second song this week, following on from his debut single &quot;Bop&quot; in February.&quot;I&#x27;m going to drop a song Friday, midnight actually, so that&#x27;s pretty cool,&quot; he said.The new song is called 4L, meaning &quot;For Life&quot;.&quot;I dropped one song only this far but I&#x27;ve done tons of music the past couple of years really so that&#x27;ll be fun.&quot;I feel like I&#x27;d like to have another hobby, I guess, maybe not distract me but just give me something else mentally.&quot;Duplantis said he enjoyed golf but was discouraged because &quot;in Sweden, it&#x27;s super cold&quot;.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Swedish pole-vaulting star Armand Duplantis said on Monday that clearing 6.40 metres was "in the realm of possibility", eight days after improving his previous world record to 6.28m.

Swedish pole-vaulting star Armand Duplantis said on Monday that clearing 6.40 metres was "in the realm of possibility", eight days after improving his previous world record to 6.28m.

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Duplantis says vaulting 6.40m is within the 'realm of possibility'

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Published Jun 24, 2025 12:52 AM PHT

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