Olympics-After Tokyo 'test run', Duplantis set for different experience in Paris

FILE PHOTO: Olympics - Puma launches a new brand campaign with Olympic athletes - Mob House, Saint-Ouen near Paris, France - April 10, 2024 Sweden's Armand Duplantis in an interview during the launch REUTERS/Yves Herman

(Reuters) - After making his Olympic bow in Tokyo when strict COVID-19 restrictions kept fans away and athletes in a bubble, pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis hopes his second Games in Paris will be more like the way he always imagined them.

"It feels like it's going to be, in a way, my first Olympics," the Swede, who won gold in the Japanese capital, told Reuters.