VALUABLE VAULTING
04/27/2024 |
The Friday File: On 4/20/24, Swedish pole vaulter Mario Duplantis broke his world record, clearing 6.24m, 20.47ft. The old record was 6.23m. Duplantis gets a check of up to $100,000 whenever he breaks the record. The great Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka did this first. To maximize the number of his Nike checks, between 1985-1994 he broke his own record minimally 12 times, raising the bar from 6m to 6.14m.