Armand Duplantis may only be 20 years old, but he is already a track and field superstar. Duplantis had already earlier broken his own indoor pole vault（撑竿跳）world record in February of this year. Last month, he broke the    1    world record too. At the Diamond League meeting in Rome, he cleared 6.15 meters with his second    2    , beating Sergey Bubka's mark of 6.14 meters set in July 1994.

Before Duplantis, the 6.14-meter mark was the most impossible world record known to man. Yes, it was less attainable than any short distance running, distance running, jumping or throwing event record. "I hit the mat（垫子）but I haven't really fallen back to earth," Duplantis told reporters after breaking the record. "I think I'm still up in the    3    right now."

Nicknamed Mondo, Duplantis has been labelled as the next Usain Bolt（尤赛恩·博尔特） for his    4    to light up the sport. The child prodigy broke age-group records on his way to joining the pole vaulting elite. In fact, he remains    5    since the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

Duplantis sporting story began when he first tried pole vaulting at the age of four. Born to an American pole vaulter father and a Swedish athlete mother, Duplantis had the    6    of growing up with a pole vault pit in his own back garden. It was a child's playground heaven, but also the perfect breeding ground for greatness. Having already set world bests at every age from seven to 12, he won the world youth title in 2015, and then the world junior and European senior titles in 2018. In summer 2019, he    7    his first global medal as an adult with a world silver.

In the context of his    8    of achievements, it was somewhat unsurprising that Duplantis was able to break the 26-year-old record. The most pressing question now is whether he can continue to reach new    9    .The Swede has already been selected to compete at the Tokyo Games, where he will be a favourite to win gold. "I've always tried to not put a    10    on myself," he says. "There are endless possibilities."