Oct 2 (Reuters) - World and ⁠Olympic pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis has decided to skip ⁠the entire 2027 indoor season, including the European Indoor ‌Championships in Valencia, to focus on recovery and preparation for the outdoor campaign, Swedish Athletics has announced.

The 26-year-old Swede said he had decided to prioritise rest after ​another demanding year.

He withdrew from the Diamond ⁠League final in Brussels last ⁠month as a precaution because of recurring tightness in his leg ⁠but ‌returned to competition to win the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest a week later with a clearance of ⁠6.20 metres.

"I am making this decision to give my ​body the recovery ‌and preparation it needs so that I can perform at ⁠my peak ​when I return to competition," Duplantis said in a statement.

"My focus will be on training well and preparing for the 2027 outdoor season, which ⁠runs from early May to the World ​Championships in mid-September."

Duplantis, a two-time Olympic champion and three-time outdoor world champion, improved his own world record to 6.31 metres in March.

However, his ⁠season was not without setbacks as hesuffered a surprise defeat at the Stockholm Diamond League in June, losing for the first time in three years to Australia'sKurtis Marschall.

He bounced back to win in ​Paris three weeks later, although he was ⁠unable to improve on his world-record mark. He also won the gold ​at the European Championships in August.

"I look ‌forward to coming back stronger and ​meeting everyone again during the 2027 outdoor season," Mondo said.

(Reporting by Karan Prashant Saxena in BengaluruEditing by Toby Davis)