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Why This Pole Vaulter Is Even Bigger Than the One With the Bulge

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Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky have won more medals, but a Louisiana-born Olympian on the Swedish team destroyed the competition—and dominates his sport like nobody else.

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Mondo Duplantis of Sweden vaults to a new world record during the men's pole vault final at the at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on August 5, 2024.
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