XIAMEN – Armand Duplantis put down a marker ahead of this summer’s Paris Olympics, as the Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24m effort in the first Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season on April 20.

The 24-year-old bettered his previous mark of 6.23m set at the Eugene Diamond League finale in September, clearing the bar with ease before leaping up off the sponge mat below and racing off in celebration at his first outdoor event of 2024 in Xiamen, China.