"10th time and still counting" - Mondo Duplantis' girlfriend expresses joy as the Paris Olympics gold medalist sets another world record at Silesia DL

By Janhavi Shinde

Modified Aug 26, 2024 08:00 GMT

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Mondo Duplantis' girlfriend Desire Inglander expressed her joy following the pole vaulter's new world record. Duplantis continued his world record-breaking streak at the 2024 Silesia Diamond League.

Duplantis topped the pole vaulting event at the 2024 Silesia Diamond League by posting a whopping jump of 6.26m to shatter his previous record. He surpassed Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis with a huge gap, who listed 6.00m. Duplantis bettered his record by 0.01m.

The Swedish-American pole vaulter registered a world record of 6.25m at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He defeated the Kendricks and Karalis, who listed 5.95m and 5.90m, respectively, and defended his title. After achieving his recent career milestone, Duplantis' girlfriend Inglander penned a heartwarming message for the two-time Olympic gold medalist.

She was seen extending her wishes and love to the pole vaulter through a video call after the latter achieved a career peak. She shared a glimpse of the video call, where the couple was seen blowing flying kisses to each other.

Sharing the video, she wrote:

"10th time and still counting❤️"

The couple has frequently shown their love for each other. Following his record-breaking performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Duplantis was seen running towards his girlfriend after which the couple shared a heartwarming hug and kiss.

"I felt like I'd been there 1000 times" - Mondo Duplantis opens how visualization helped him in breaking the world record at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Mondo Duplantis celebrates after winning the gold medal and breaking the world record during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France. (Photo via Getty Images)

Mondo Duplantis broke the world record for the ninth time at the 2024 Paris Games by defending his title.

In an interview with Olympics.com, he emphasized the importance of visualization for breaking the record, stating he manifested breaking the world record at the Olympics 1000 times.

“I visualized this exact situation happening 1000 times in my head," Duplantis said. "I feel like that was almost every time I went out to the backyard, and I went jumping I would visualize this exact situation - it was world record height, Olympic final"

"When I was sitting on the back of the runway, I felt like I'd been there 1000 times because I've been visualizing this moment for such a long time."

Duplantis secured his first Olympic medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games after registering an incredible jump of 6.02m.