In Torun, Poland, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis sets a world record in the pole vault: 6.17 meters, or in feet, 20′ 2 3/4″ . Duplantis, the son of All-American pole-vaulter Greg Duplantis (19′ 3″ feet) and Swedish heptathlete Helena Hedlund, was born and raised in Lafayette, La. Both of his parents are LSU grads

Mondo stands only 5’11” but was the first high school athlete to ever pole-vault 19 feet. He will represent Sweden, and not the United States, in the Olympics. Duplantis has spent his summers in Sweden since his youth, but he also knows that Sweden does not have a single-meet Olympic Trials selection process the way his native USA does. One bad day would not ruin his chances for Tokyo.