Duplantis shakes off illness to extend pole vault streakAFP, CLERMONT-FERRAND, FranceArmand Duplantis on Sunday fought off a bout of food poisoning to stretch his near three-year pole vault winning run at the All Star Perche, but was unable to better his world record. Duplantis won his 37th consecutive meet dating back to the summer of 2023. Sweden’s Armand Duplantis competes in the men’s pole vault event during the All Stars Perche international indoor athletics pole vaulting meeting in Clermont-Ferrand, France, on Sunday. You know, gravity doesn’t like weight, so that’s, that’s an advantage,” Duplantis said. I felt like I definitely could have jumped really, really high if it wasn’t for the night before last, throwing up the whole night,” he said.

Source: Taipei Times February 23, 2026 17:12 UTC