WATCH: Mondo Duplantis soars to an astonishing 6.26m to break the world record for 10th time at Silesia Diamond League

Swedish pole vault phenom Mondo Duplantis created history once again during his outing at the Silesia Diamond League, where he broke the world record for the 10th time in his career. He took home the victory with a clearance of 6.26 meters.

Duplantis participated in the Silesia Diamond League in Poland on Sunday, August 25, where he added another centimeter to his previous record of 6.25 meters that he set on August 5 to win his second Olympic gold at the recently concluded Paris Summer Games. Although he won the event with a height of six meters in the fifth attempt, he later asked for the bar to be raised to 6.26 meters to attempt another world record. He failed in his first try before achieving the historic feat in his second attempt.

This was his second Diamond League win in three days, as he reigned supreme at the Lausanne leg on Thursday, August 22, where he registered a victory with a clearance of 6.15 meters, which also happened to be a new meet record. Notably, the 24-year-old Swede has yet to lose an event since the Monaco Diamond League in July 2023, where he placed fourth.

Ben Steiner, an Olympics reporter and broadcaster, shared the video of Mondo Duplantis' Silesia Diamond League victory on his X handle (formerly Twitter) with the caption,

"Mondo Duplantis breaks his World Record again, going 6.26m. Passing the 6.25m mark he set to win Olympic gold at Paris 2024. I’d rank him as one of the greatest athletes of the current era — maybe ever, in any sport. An electric athlete."

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"Pole vault is in a really good spot right now" - Mondo Duplantis after Silesia Diamond League

Mondo Duplantis at Silesia Diamond League Chorzow 2024 (Image via Getty)

After registering back-to-back victories following a historic Paris Olympics campaign, Mondo Duplantis expressed his ecstacy with his win and the growth of the pole vaulting sport. He also praised his counterparts, Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis, who secured second and third place with their six-meter leaps.

When questioned about the significance of the win, the Louisiana-born athlete said (via Citius Mag's YouTube video),

"I think the victory means a lot. First competition ever with three guys over six meters, and I think that's a really amazing thing for the pole vault team, and I think that shows where the sport is going and that it's really developing in such a good way." [0:15 Onwards]

He added:

"I love that for Emmanouil, and I love that for Sam, so yeah, I think pole vault is in a really good spot right now."

The 24-year-old also expressed his delight over a great 2024 season and acknowledged that it'll be incredibly hard to top.