MONDO DUPLANTIS AFTER 6.25M POLE VAULT WORLD RECORD TO WIN GOLD | PRESS CONFERENCE

[@Chillandlaugh]

I’m an American and been following Mondo’s journey for YEARS since he was 10 years old. That first question about him being “Swedish enough” really irks me. Way to start an interview right? How about start with “how does that gold feel? Or talk about his world record? Don’t matter what he represents. He’s treated like a king in Sweden, then love him and he clearly shows the same love in return.

[@Mil-w6d]

Totally agree

[@SuperLeica1]

The actual, Royal, King of Sweden congratulated Mondo in Paris! That's some attention!

[@kandle54]

So called journalist couldn't do otherwise, he's got some clickbaiting headlines to craft.

[@jesperstockholm]

His name is Armand Gustav Duplantis, making him the seventh king of Sweden named Gustav 🇸🇪🤴🏼

[@EngineeringScience015]

@@Chillandlaugh I felt it too, but this guy handled it like the champ he is.

[@gabrielesartori1004]

Mondo’s answers are so deep and sincere. Swedish or USA, who cares. He is a model athlete and person.

[@montalentjeanalain2391]

@gabrielesartori1004 very kind , simple and down to earth person ❤️❤️❤️

[@user-ys7eh9kx9p]

Yeah who cares he is both american and swedish so in a way he represent them both at heart

[@phantomopera5525]

I really liked how Kendricks cheered for Duplantis when he attempted the WR.

[@maria-y4x7b]

He knew Mondo could do it, Kendricks just wanted time in the spotlight

[@crizzleyo815]

@@maria-y4x7b what a dumb take

[@Elu_ahah]

@@maria-y4x7b Yeah sure, he definitely thought he’d get the spotlight by cheering when someone attempts the world record🤣

[@stemcnamara4133]

When you have a rival who is of similar ability to you, it is a rivalry. If there is someone who is this much better than you - you just admire how great they are, or linger in self pity!

[@enyazogd5325]

@@maria-y4x7b that doesn't even make sense

[@molonlave2193]

From Greece, so proud of Karalis getting his first Olympic medal. Congrats to Duplantis and Kendricks as well. It was a fun competition to watch.

[@JohnnyLREACTS]

Karalis did us proud. He is also a great ambassador for the sport. Duplantis on another level though he is fun to watch.

[@mira-sz8nm]

How no interviewer asked emmanouil about what he was writing in his notebook during Mondo’s attempts at the world record, is beyond me!

[@Stefanmannberg]

We ARE proud of this man! Not only 4 the world records,but the great person he is.

[@CeRz]

He chose to represent Sweden. Sweden is proud and we are honored to have you represent Sweden.

[@rodriguebalagueman2923]

I'm from west Africa. Duplantis will be a legend forever like Mister Bolt and Jordan. I love his art and his humility.

[@user-ys7eh9kx9p]

That's cool :) yeah that's the greatest he is so humble and really a good guy

[@QQ-nd1gn]

This man actually got me interested in pole vaulting, and as a Swede I can definitely say he makes me proud

[@konczita8233]

He broke his record again in Poland 🤩What an athlete 👌❤️

[@elektra1968]

i am greek living in sweden so I am double proud! so amazing And love to Kendrick What a trio

[@molonlave2193]

I learned that Kendricks is a Reserved Army Lieutenant in Mississippi.

[@felici45]

We are so proud of him in Sweden. He’s a treasure🤩

[@GadgetyMV]

Great competition, spectacular results, and great guys not only performing well, but also giving straight up answers!

[@peterbrundin5164]

Awesome Mondo 🇸🇪 and love the friendship between them and how the world can see it out on the track. Kindrick are always there supporting and clapping and today when Karalis helping Mondo with the hand. Awesome. Love the reaction from Kendricks on the question of the futures 15:13 🙌😃

[@ginevracolombo4262]

I think Mondo is the coolest person in the world to be around. He literally won in life, he not only is incredibile talented and hard working, he also is lowkey handsome and a great humble and person.

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

Wow, Sam's first question. I didnt know that guy went through alot, thats why he is having fun the entire time, just being able to enjoy the sport he loves (and almost quits) thats deep. give the man his flowers ❤❤❤

[@mikeOslo]

Proud swedish here🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@pownder]

Happy you are being made proud. Congrats on coming from a country that works.

[@Sokratis-qv9ld]

CONGRATULATIONS SWEDEN!✌️✌️✌️ 💪💪💪👏👏👏👏 BRAVO EMMANUEL.💙💙💙 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🤍🤍🤍

[@sv-bd5em]

Well he isn’t so

[@bengaljam4550]

He is American. Born and raised in America and went to college at LSU. His mom is originally from Sweden.

[@vanillaoverchocolate5440]

@@bengaljam4550 Does he speak Swedish?

[@LasseEklof]

Jajamensan, vi ÄR stolta över dig! GRATTIS :)

[@malipathirana2016]

Jo! Han är bäst 🎉🎉

[@sepehr.javaheri]

Kingen 👑 Mondo gör Sverige stolt igen 🇸🇪

[@kingwacky184]

Moving to Sweden like the first question was is not a risk, Duplantis said himself they could offer me more and better training than in the US. he is half Swedish and Sweden is a fantastic country. There was no risk involved.

[@anniekaroth5636]

So true, plus by choosing Sweden it gave his parents the opportunity to coach him

[@kingwacky184]

@@anniekaroth5636 absolutely. He would have been risking far more if he would have choosen America

[@alliumfairy]

well done ! HUGE ATHLETE ! KISSES AND SUPPORT FROM GREECE!

[@christinabronnestam8274]

Kendricks, Duplantis and Karalis are three good-looking guys ... 🤩

[@JohnnyLREACTS]

Superstars.

[@arthurtheaardvark13]

They are haaaaawt!! 😍

[@ildblm1507]

Another proud swede here - but also a lot of love to Kendricks for the way he supports Mondo - Karalis is there too.

[@m.allisonburdette118]

Kendricks is a character!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW.... so entertaining!!!

[@mattiasjonson7187]

We will be forever thankful and proud of you!! Doesn’t matter where you’re born. What you’ve done for Sweden is beyond words and we are so greatful ❤

[@pownder]

Modern GOAT of track and field and field.

[@walle226]

Sweden thinks he's swede enough and we love him before the gold WR and after. It's set in stone Mondo.

[@leemonade6943]

Shout out to mom! Love that.

[@marsspacex6065]

The greatest of all time by far 🎉

[@tom7471]

I am not sure that it takes a more fearless athlete in the Olympics than to be a pole vaulter who wins. Fantastic WR.

[@DA-vx6ck]

The fact that you made that pose was so heartwarming. Every Olympian is a great person and a hero.

[@panayotiscanellopoulos8696]

2 Great Pole Vault jumpers and an extraterrestial!!!! 🙂

[@mihaidumitrescu1325]

@@panayotiscanellopoulos8696 I said to myself: 2 competitions on the field. The track - 1 competing for places 2, 3. Mondo, competing with himself for breaking the limit! All respect and appreciation to all the athletes! They were all amazing. The competition was great. Great fun & comaradry. One is just extraterestrial!

[@yasminehaenflein9005]

We are all so proud of you 🎉 Welcome home 🥳

[@NitrosGus13]

They all been AWESOME...!!!!! CONGRATS HUGE ATHLETES !!!! 😁💙👏👏👏👏👏

[@arthurtheaardvark13]

Hahahah Sam is hilarious! Such good humour and energy, and his twang is quite charming ❤

[@kathleenmiller516]

The interviewers first question was ridiculously imprecise. Congratulations Mondo! Here's my question...what's next!?

[@ashleymeggan]

GOAT

[@LaidbackJack1]

so damn proud broder, never I thought I would witness this in the olympics

[@Farfmorf]

He's really good at press conferences as well. :)

[@Banjouu]

I am so proud of this man, there's no question he's 100% swedish forever

[@andreastheman142]

He is American

[@danielbart2239]

@@andreastheman142 He chose the right country to represent

[@andreastheman142]

@@danielbart2239 still not Swedish

[@kalle108]

@@andreastheman142 he is half american. Swedish mom

[@andreastheman142]

@@kalle108 born and raised in America. Speaking American with his Swedish girlfriend 😅

[@Kefo007]

Best in the worl and THE GOAT

[@eugeniakouts6972]

Manolo we love you!

[@ChthonicRemains]

Mondo has a bit of a Cajun/Southern lilt. Like, yes he's Swedish, yes he represents Sweden, but you can't overlook the fact that he was born and bred in Louisiana. I'm proud of him either way.

[@REALDONALD_USA]

@@ChthonicRemains 😂 poor American

[@tosexe2535]

Wrong, he made himself good, not america or Sweden

[@larshansen4557]

Come on USA his mother is from sweden ,ofcource he can represent sweden , by the way , most amerikan is from Europa in the end😂😂

[@KH-fd1vg]

@@REALDONALD_USA Louisiana, particularly Cajun culture, is distinct. You might be missing the other poster’s point… Hope you have a good day

[@REALDONALD_USA]

@@KH-fd1vg 😂

[@nasir-my7og]

Congratulations.... for your achievements.👏👏👏

[@nononsense1984]

Thank you, Mondo, for your fantastic performance! Tack!

[@Mil-w6d]

So impressive, so talented

[@mikaeljohansson7848]

Sweden is proud of you Amando ❤

[@shellybrown5765]

Congratulations 🎉❤❤❤❤

[@descendingforth]

Duplantis the goat!

[@MogensDam]

Great comment from Sam. These are three really good sportsmen.

[@gdansk12349]

Fantastiskt! Helt otroligt!!!! Alla Svenskar älskar Mondo❤ vad fan snackar dom om??? Löjlig första fråga

[@zxys001]

Very impressive! Congrats Mondo!

[@tombryant52jumpscoach]

Thanks for this video!

[@malipathirana2016]

Hej Sverige! Bravo Mondo 🎉👍🎖🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@mihaidumitrescu1325]

We should all (Paris 2024 but also the world!!) should have meatballs tomorrow to just celebrate this fantastic result! Congrats

[@belomolnar2128]

Very nice jumping style. Congratulations. We watched it a really enjoyed. Thanks. ❤

[@TravelWithJHudson]

One amazing guy, Well done sir. 🍾🍾

[@chrismurphy341]

GOAT, super tallent...

[@edgarleon1102]

Es un ciudadano del planeta y demostró ser el mejor independiente del país que representa.

[@Maria-mz1qw]

Thank you, Sam! 😃🥈🇺🇲

[@florencelindquist8544]

Grattis ❤

[@Sara82a]

We are more than proud Mondo 💙

[@Thaerii]

Duplantis is up there with Bolt. To set the world reccord in the Olympic final is the greatest thing thtat could ever happen to you.

[@tluvsbeauty1]

And to be repeatedly breaking your own records again and again is so alike Bolt

[@CeRz]

Sorry, but duplantis has far surpassed usain bolt already. He has 9 straight championship golds and he hasn't lost a single time since 2019, and he has been undefeated all throughout 2020 up until now, 15 straight golds.

[@Thaerii]

@@CeRz it's more difficult for a sprinter to do that since even when you're that much better than your competition, margins are a lot smaller. I also think that any other championships than the World Athletics Championships and the Olympics should be disregarded in a global perspective since in some regions of the world, one or two nations have a huge edge over others, while things are a lot more equal in others. I say this as a Swede, by the way, so I _love_ what Duplantis is doing.

[@CeRz]

@@Thaerii i disagree. Mention 1 other pole vaulter *as* dominant as duplantis in recent times. Also, he broke the world record... again, after the olympic games, now the world record is 6.26 m set by duplantis in diamond league after his previous world record at 6.25 m set at the olympic games final. Your margin is a poor meassurement, and it deludes you. There is no other pole vaulter in history that has broken more world records than duplantis, I don't even think there is a single athlete that has broken more world records than duplantis, and what is he, 24/25 years old? After duplantis is done with his career in many years from now, his records, his championship titles and gold medal wins will be known as something impossible to ever beat across all sports. He is the single best athlete of all time. He is a wonder boy.

[@Thaerii]

@CeRz I am not answering that until you have put it into paragraphs. Blabbering is not a good look and I doubt Mondo would like this type of "protection."

[@gracefulness1]

So proud!!

[@iammituraj]

Kendricks is class act. Duplantis is GOAT

[@flintwoodbrace706]

That was a mad height. wow. Kudos to him on his achievement. Unbelievable

[@Vacule-z7m]

Nije show air and weather and route izgleda kao...can remember MY FAULT!!!!!🎉AND SPECIAL THANKS...MORG

[@fritztheman749]

Three terrific guys. I would think that hanging around with Sam would turn a gloomy day into a joyous one.

[@vinapascual9527]

Congrats Mondo. GOAT in Pole Vault.

[@astrologiekunst]

What a Kind and nice gut. Bravo👏👏👏👏❤️👍🍀✨️

[@Nevolet]

Vi är så stolta över dig Mondo!!!

[@karanprabhune6887]

GOAT!!

[@1.4142]

Muad Dib!

[@ndon85]

lmao indeed XD

[@kq1777]

GOAT. 🐐

[@florencelindquist8544]

Du är bäst❤

[@superpocchi]

This is the first time I ever heard him talk and I'm pretty shook that he sounds so american sjjajsjs he looks so european to me and was expecting him to speak swedish hahaha

[@carsalie]

@@superpocchi he's american (and partially swedish from his mom)

[@superpocchi]

@@carsalie yeah i just learned that too omg i just really thought all this time hes born and raised in sweden dsfkjds

[@justcruised]

@@superpocchi it's probably the lack on research you posses 😂

[@superpocchi]

@@justcruised bruh chill. i'm not a Duplantis expert, and I never plan to be. it was just a first impression after seeing the Olympic pole vault finals LMAO PS. and it's "possess" yep, double "s".

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

Half-Swedish

[@albertobettinardi7964]

as italian i dont care about nazionalità this is aesthetic art!

[@bengaljam4550]

@@albertobettinardi7964 most Italians scoff at Americans who say they have Italian descendents. They normally say "you aren't Italian'.

[@sebastianfallman9876]

@@bengaljam4550 There's a difference between being 50%, moving there, getting citizenship, learning to speak the language and having a grandmother who's 50% which is what most europeans joke about

[@bengaljam4550]

@@sebastianfallman9876 My wife was born in America but her parents were born in Italy and she speaks Italian. Her relatives in Italy don't accept her as Italian.

[@sebastianfallman9876]

@@bengaljam4550 I'm obviously not speaking for everyone or even every nation but generally speaking, swedish people aren't at all like that. From everyone I've ever spoken to it's the same with irish people. We joke about americans being 1/12th irish and calling themselves irish because they like celebrating st. paddies day or new yorkers being 1/12th swedish and calling themselves swedish cause they celebrate midsummer in battery park and even then it's still fun that it happens.

[@sebastianfallman9876]

@@bengaljam4550 To be fair I totally could see Italians being more "hard core" about their ancestry though, sad to hear really

[@piotrkania5043]

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[@corinnedelaigue7901]

Brillant, bravo ❤❤❤❤

[@katherinefiori]

Sam is such a ball of sunshine! :) :) :) :)

[@teodorsuditu6800]

WELL DONE SWEDEN !!!

[@David_7171]

Nice presser. I normally hate them.

[@peterderidder9922]

2500 years ago the greek Citystates would never have realised THERE olympics tradition would becomme the greatest event from the whole world 2500 years later ! Every greek state sended there best atletes to the olympics on olympia . No war between greek citystates while there where olympic games ! Every winners name 2500 years ago is carved in the stones . So 2500 years later you can read the names who won the olympics ! isnt that great ???!!!!

[@TheRebellefleur27]

What a stupid first question. "are you Swedish enough"

[@kudandanga9400]

I thought I was the only person who thought that.

[@dgray2833]

he has spoken about that in the past, so in a way the journo was picking up on a theme that mondo had discussed on repeated occasions earlier

[@kudandanga9400]

Understandable and thanks for that. Maybe the journalist should have provided a point of reference so that the question makes sense to those who don't know about it because now, it sounds random.

[@znoxYO]

Is he though? He has said in his heart he will always be American

[@Damdebase]

@@znoxYO He can be both? Or is it not possible?

[@sagrophobia]

Who’d have thought that when we actually see an alien for the first time, he’d look like Cillian Murphy. 🐐

[@tluvsbeauty1]

Mixed with Timothe Chalamet

[@mylifeisJDM]

4:00 Mom knows best

[@morverous]

i swear moms always know the best. my mom too

[@iamlethibe]

I really enjoyed Sam Hendricks engagement here🤣

[@mira-sz8nm]

Sam has a bit a of a habit speaking over the guys….Mando and Emmanouil, great scenes

[@jcsieger9648]

Sam is a high level extravert and super high energy person. Mondo is an introvert who actually needs a person like Sam around to help him motivate him and help him cope with the crowd and pressure. Sam is speaking over the guys because he expresses his positive emotions instantly. Thank you Sam for not only being a good friend and motivator for Mondo but also for being a great athlete in a great sport. Your comment about being abandoned during the last Olympics by your own federation and the media in general is not surprising but you stuck with it for the love of the sport and now you participated and witnessed one of the greatest performance in Olympic history.

[@mira-sz8nm]

@@jcsieger9648 very fair point, I didn’t see the interrupting as coming from ill intent just maybe a lack of awareness that interrupting can come across as showboating. Appreciated his honesty about his tragedy from his last competition, despite the interrupting its obvious they’re all friends 🤷

[@brycehammerton4542]

@@mira-sz8nm I agree Sam was obnoxious here

[@Vacule-z7m]

Keep calm and FORZA ITALIA BARI COLD NOW BEZVEZE...ONAKO MAM

[@AOG91]

We are very proud of you Mondo! 😊 🇸🇪

[@petereriksson7166]

Done very good

[@suntalunta]

Hail to the King of Sweden

[@dakiblabla]

Chipotle? In Paris?! Geez.

[@jujutrini8412]

Americans. 😂😂😂

[@andreastheman142]

Congrats to America 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@GregMeghooOlympian]

He is not from this planet. Didn't he enter earth as a baby in a spacecraft and landed on a farm 😅

[@NetworkGulf]

@@GregMeghooOlympian 💯

[@clydiepie]

If space Jam had Olympics, the aliens would be scared of this dude

[@martintheron1386]

Try practicing for 20 years and see what results you end with

[@charlespapineau1236]

🇸🇪 🇸🇪 🇸🇪

[@AngelicaAlyssas]

Hejja Sverige!!🎉

[@Gilang-Ramadhan]

I have a sincere question. Is every athletes who won gold will be featured in the press conference like this? I'm Indonesian and we won 2 golds which one of them was also a world record in weightlifting.

[@vigulfmusicproduct]

He talks on the Press conferance as Nadal:)..at least the beginning.

[@nyyanko]

Congrats Timothee 🥹🎉

[@StrawberryCream78]

Not many reporters

[@kudandanga9400]

Silly first question

[@fujidenzo_kid4147]

@@kudandanga9400 why silly? He is a dual citizen, i think the question is sweet and considerate of the athletes origin

[@Anonymous-uw4sr]

​@@fujidenzo_kid4147 Right