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Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:20 am
by golfdane
Mondo competed in the World Youth Games (Världsungdomsspelen) in Gothenburg, and won in what must be a new WR, 3.84m.
He competed in the boys 13 age group.
I got video, but won't be able to process it until tonight.
1 Armand Duplantis 98 SWE IK Stål 384
2 Urho Kujanpää 97 FIN Tampereen Pyrintö 305
3 Niklas Svanberg 97 SWE Stenungsunds FI 292
Big brother Antoine, jumped 3.29m in the boys 14 age group.
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 1:26 am
by rainbowgirl28
Yes, that is yes another age world record for Mondo. For age 10, 11, and 12-year-olds:
http://dominique.100free.com/
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:16 am
by achtungpv
Now, did he compete barefoot or does his daddy make him wear shoes outside of Louisiana?
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:42 pm
by golfdane
He wore shoes
He wore what appeared to be an old pair of suede sprint shoes.
ftp://stangspringdk.boldlygoingnowhere.org/video/Duplantis_3.84WR.mov
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:51 pm
by Bubba PV
His dad showed me some cool little spikes he had made for him when I saw them at the University of Houston earlier this year. Bubba
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:31 pm
by duppawpaw
Andreas explained the jump. the biggest pole mondo had was too soft so they moved up his step to be a little under so he could work the pole. it worked. greg wasn' t in sweden ,they did this on their own.
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:10 am
by joebro391
duppawpaw wrote:Andreas explained the jump. the biggest pole mondo had was too soft so they moved up his step to be a little under so he could work the pole. it worked. greg wasn' t in sweden ,they did this on their own.
Hey, it's a decent strategy. I find myself doing it a lot these days cause I rarely have the right pole. It sucks, but just imagine mondo on the RIGHT POLE
I can't wait til he fully develops. I wonder if there'll be a new family record in a few years. -6P
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:28 am
by golfdane
duppawpaw wrote:Andreas explained the jump. the biggest pole mondo had was too soft so they moved up his step to be a little under so he could work the pole. it worked. greg wasn' t in sweden ,they did this on their own.
You can see Andreas in the background. He jumped 4.93m in the mens competition on sunday.
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:41 pm
by LHSVaulterJJR
Wow. yea you have to improvise on strategy when you run out of pole sometimes. But i can see why. Mondo looks like a bullet down the runway for only 13!
Re: Mondo Duplantis WR?
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:33 am
by KirkB
LHSVaulterJJR wrote: Mondo looks like a bullet down the runway for only 13!
Mondo is only ten! He turns 11 on Nov 10, 2010.
As RG said ... on that jump, he set the WR for 10, 11, and 12-year-olds! He was competing in the 13-year-old group.
Way to go Mondo!
Kirk