Athletics-It's a bird, it's a plane - no, it's Mondo Duplantis

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Monaco - Stade Louis II, Monaco - July 11, 2025 Sweden's Armand Duplantis in action during the Men's Pole Vault final REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File Photo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -With a 13th world record in the bag and an endless hunger for accolades to match his high-flying antics, peerless pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis brings genuine celebrity swagger to this month's World Athletics Championships.

The back-to-back Olympic champion gave fans a taste of what to expect in Tokyo when he soared over 6.29 metres in Budapest last month, the latest in a series of performances that have left sports writers struggling for superlatives.