Duplantis and Rojas named world athletes of the year

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Lausanne - Lausanne, Switzerland - September 2, 2020 Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates during the Pole Vault REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - Swedish pole vaulter Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis was named the male athlete of the year, while Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas won the women's title at athletics' annual awards ceremony on Saturday.

Duplantis, a world silver medallist in Doha last year, set a world record by clearing 6.17m in Torun, Poland, in February and then bettered that by one centimetre in Glasgow the same month.