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Gold medalist Mondo Duplantis, silver medalist Sam Kendricks, and bronze medalist Emmanouil Karalis talk with the media after the 2024 Paris Olympics Pole Vault competition. Mondo broke his own world record vaulting 6.25m (20 ft 5+1⁄2 in). He has broken the world record nine times in the past 4 years.
Gold medalist Mondo Duplantis, silver medalist Sam Kendricks, and bronze medalist Emmanouil Karalis talk with the media after the 2024 Paris Olympics Pole Vault competition. Mondo broke his own world record vaulting 6.25m (20 ft 5+1⁄2 in). He has broken the world record nine times in the past 4 years.
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00:00and the first man to break the world record in Olympic finals since 1980,
00:04Mondo DePlantis.
00:06If you have questions for Mondo, please raise your hand
00:09and we'll bring the mic to you.
00:10Right here in the back.
00:17Nope, the mic's right behind you.
00:18What's this?
00:20Yeah, that's interpretation in English and French.
00:22Okay.
00:23Hey Mondo, Sean Gregory from Time.
00:26How are you? Congratulations.
00:28What's your message to the people of Sweden,
00:31who, you know, you moved there at a pretty young age.
00:35You took a risk.
00:38People, you know, you're Swedish enough.
00:40Do you know the language well enough?
00:41Whatever.
00:42What's your message to the people of Sweden after this performance tonight?
00:50Yeah, I mean,
00:53I hope they're proud because I'm definitely proud
00:56and I'm proud of what I did.
01:00I'm proud of the way that I represented.
01:02And I mean, I think that I've received more love and support
01:07than I could have ever imagined.
01:08I mean, for the small country that Sweden is,
01:13there was damn a lot of flags,
01:17Swedish flags and Swedish people in the stands
01:20out of that, you know, 70,000.
01:22And so, I really feel the love and I felt it tonight.
01:28And so, I'm so glad that I can perform the way that I knew that I could.
01:33And, you know, I mean, represent.
01:38I feel really proud to step onto the track, honestly,
01:43and wear blue and gold.
01:45And it's, yeah, I mean,
01:51it's been more amazing than I could have ever imagined, honestly.
01:55And, you know, I think that just to be able to dive into that side of,
02:02you know, that I have.
02:06And I think that it, I don't know, it's hard to explain really,
02:12but I'm very grateful.
02:13I think that's, I want to leave it at that.
02:15I'm very grateful.
02:21Armando, congratulations.
02:24Scott Rabelais from the Baton Rouge Advocate,
02:26the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
02:27I think TV caught your dad speaking to you before,
02:31I guess before the last jump,
02:32saying back up, you have more room on the runway.
02:35Just talk about that, if you would, about that interaction,
02:38the times you went over there, especially before the last attempt.
02:41Yeah, I mean, just trying to get the numbers right
02:45and just trying to figure out the jump
02:48because I knew that I pretty much had to hit it
02:50close to perfect.
02:52I mean, I at least needed to be in the right spot at takeoff
02:56to be able to use the pole and jump the world record.
03:02I mean, you have to be pretty much perfect
03:05and the rhythm on the run has to be right there.
03:08And so on the last one, I just, yeah,
03:11we just tried to get all the details right.
03:14I moved the centers to 62, by the way.
03:18I haven't seen the jump, but it would be funny
03:22if I wouldn't have made it at 60.
03:24But because we agreed on the depth of the centers
03:27to go to 60 and then I just made a last second
03:29cut call to move it two more centimeters,
03:31which probably didn't make a difference,
03:32but it just felt right in the moment
03:34and I usually like to try to go with my gut
03:36and I know that he definitely supports that, too.
03:40So, but yeah, just trying to, honestly,
03:44try to be as free as I possibly could, too.
03:47And I think that that's what they both wanted me to.
03:50And I actually, you know, I...
03:56Yeah, great advice from my mom also
03:59after the first attempt.
04:01And, you know, she can always sneak in there
04:03and give sneaky great advice,
04:05especially when it comes to the run part.
04:07And so just trying to stay tall,
04:12but still keep all the momentum going forward.
04:14And I guess, like she said, too,
04:16try to really find the run there on the last jump
04:18and then I hit it really good.
04:20Yeah.
04:24Right here in the front.
04:27And we do know that Sam and Manolo
04:29are on the way in a golf cart,
04:31so they'll be here soon.
04:33Natalia Marenchuk, sports.ru.
04:35I noticed you were chatting with the guys
04:38between your jumps.
04:39Could you talk what you were talking about?
04:42Poof.
04:44Yeah, it depends on when.
04:45I mean, we were out there for like four hours,
04:47so we said a lot of things.
04:49Some could have been anything.
04:52I mean, we just talk.
04:54I mean, probably a lot of it's just nonsense,
04:56I would say.
04:58If it's Sam, then it's probably definitely nonsense.
05:01But other than that,
05:03we're just kind of chatting.
05:05We kind of have a good bit of time to kill.
05:07But I will say this, though.
05:09We chatted a lot less than we usually do
05:11at the competitions.
05:12I mean, you can definitely feel
05:14the stakes that people start to tense up
05:16a little bit.
05:17And when it's a major championship like that,
05:19it starts to get a little bit more real,
05:21I guess you can say.
05:22So I think, honestly, for us,
05:24that was probably the least amount
05:26of chatter and stuff that we've had.
05:28Yeah, quite frank.
05:36Mundo, this is Altulagay
05:38from Turkish Media Oxygen.
05:40Congrats first.
05:42Can you tell us about your stance
05:44just after you broke the Olympic record?
05:46It was an imitation
05:48of Turkish shooter Yusuf Tiket,
05:50I believe.
05:51When did you first think about
05:53celebrating that way?
05:55Yeah, I mean, it just
05:57kind of just happened,
05:59I guess.
06:00Curtis Marshall,
06:02the Australian jumper,
06:04yeah, I mean,
06:06for lack of a better word,
06:07I guess he kind of dared me to do it.
06:08He was just like,
06:09bro, do that Turkish shooter
06:12dude celebration,
06:13and I was just like, yeah, sure.
06:14Yeah, sounds cool to me.
06:16So I kind of just did it.
06:17I thought it was a funny meme.
06:19Yeah, he seems like a G,
06:21so, yeah,
06:23I just kind of did it.
06:25I just thought it was kind of
06:26more like a funny thing.
06:27I really wasn't thinking
06:28that much about it.
06:29I was just kind of just
06:30in the moment,
06:31just trying to do something
06:32kind of silly and cocky.
06:36Right here.
06:38We're going to bring that
06:40mic to you.
06:48Sorry, just a quick factual thing.
06:49Did you do that celebration
06:50after the Olympic record
06:51or the world record?
06:53Not the world.
06:54No, I think I did
06:55after the Olympic, yeah.
06:57Not the world.
06:58No, the world.
06:59After the world,
07:00I mean, it's just like,
07:01that's not,
07:02that's not
07:04pre-can nonsense,
07:06you know, that's just
07:08over-flood with emotions
07:10and that's just freaking out
07:11and that's just, like,
07:13and it's, yeah,
07:15it never, you know,
07:17I guess I've been fortunate enough
07:18to do it, you know,
07:19several times now,
07:20but it's,
07:21every time the feeling
07:22is kind of the same.
07:23I think this was probably
07:24even more extreme version
07:25of the feeling too,
07:26but, you know,
07:27when I'm going over the bar
07:28it's just like,
07:30yeah, it doesn't feel real
07:32in a way,
07:33so that was more just kind of
07:34hysteria
07:35and just freaking out.
07:38Go ahead.
07:44Mondo,
07:46kind of interesting
07:47as you were waiting
07:48and refresh
07:49my or our memory,
07:51which attempt to the world record,
07:52but obviously Noah Lyles
07:53was running around
07:54having just gotten his
07:56gold medal
07:57and was going just absolutely nuts.
07:59That's awesome.
08:01So just a little bit about,
08:02obviously you had to wait
08:03to take your attempt,
08:04you know,
08:05were you thinking at all
08:06about Noah
08:07and about just the jump,
08:08but kind of cool.
08:09I mean, arguably,
08:10maybe you're the two
08:11biggest stars
08:12in track and field right now
08:13and your paths
08:14definitely crossed tonight,
08:15albeit briefly in the wind.
08:16Yeah.
08:19Yeah.
08:20Pretty cool.
08:21I mean,
08:22I think if I'm being completely honest
08:23I probably wasn't thinking
08:24about it all that much.
08:25I was probably thinking
08:26about my jump
08:27and just figuring out
08:28a way how I can get
08:29over this bar,
08:30but,
08:31I mean,
08:32yeah,
08:33the timing was kind of cool,
08:34I guess,
08:35doing the 100 meter
08:36take the last attempt,
08:37I think it was,
08:38at least I can barely
08:39even remember,
08:40but,
08:41yeah,
08:42I mean,
08:43that's,
08:44yeah.
08:45We just were joined
08:46by our bronze
08:47and silver medalist,
08:48the bronze medalist
08:49from Greece
08:50with a jump of 5.9,
08:51Greece's first medal
08:52in the pole vault
08:53since 1956,
08:54Manolo Carlis.
08:55Greg.
08:56Oh my goodness.
08:57You know who that was.
09:00And a two-time medalist now,
09:01he won the bronze
09:02in 2016
09:03from the USA
09:04with a jump of 5.95,
09:06Sam Kendricks.
09:07Who was that, Greg?
09:08Oh,
09:09you're off.
09:10Who was the last
09:11Greek medalist, Greg?
09:14They said,
09:15I think,
09:1756,
09:18what was it?
09:19He said 56?
09:201956.
09:21Mm-hmm.
09:22Yeah.
09:25Uh-huh.
09:26Yes.
09:27Ubanis,
09:28go to Ubanis.
09:29Ubanis.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Nice.
09:32I'll give you some help
09:33on that one,
09:34that was good.
09:35All right, Mondo's been
09:36answering a lot of questions
09:37so let's maybe give him a break.
09:38Other questions
09:39for the medalists?
09:40Especially Sam
09:41and Manolo.
09:43Right here.
09:48Ewan Crumley,
09:49Athletics Weekly.
09:50Sam,
09:51how much does this mean
09:52to you after what
09:53happened to you
09:54in Tokyo
09:55and is it also
09:56true that Mondo
09:57now owes you dinner?
10:00Uh,
10:01say that last bit
10:02just one more time.
10:03Is it also true
10:04that Mondo owes you
10:05dinner as part of
10:06this tradition?
10:07Well,
10:08I keep trying to force
10:09this tradition upon him
10:10but I haven't yet
10:11landed a dinner
10:12receipt out of him.
10:13We tried Chipotle
10:14in France
10:15last time we were here
10:16but it was conveniently
10:17through the line
10:18before I was there
10:19so maybe we'll
10:20come back around
10:21to some Popeyes
10:22or something
10:23at the Puma house
10:24later,
10:25it'd be fun.
10:26But this medal
10:27was joyous,
10:28joyous,
10:29you know,
10:30everybody hides
10:31from me
10:32these days.
10:33I don't know how much
10:34of a travesty
10:35it was in Tokyo
10:36but I'll tell you what
10:37my first call
10:38once I got into
10:39LACA was
10:40this guy right here
10:41because he missed me
10:42and nobody at
10:43Team USA
10:44gave me a quote
10:45nobody at NBC
10:46gave me a quote
10:47nobody had invited
10:48me to a press
10:49conference about
10:50what my time was
10:51like being ousted
10:52from the sport
10:53for medical reasons
10:54even though they
10:55didn't send me
10:56with a doctor
10:57they didn't really
10:58care about me
10:59anymore
11:00and I said
11:01that's a travesty
11:02I think people
11:03worship this thing
11:04too much
11:05but tonight
11:06was lovely
11:07it really was
11:08it was everything
11:09that I thought
11:10Olympics should be
11:11even Rio was
11:12a little bit
11:13different than
11:14what I thought
11:15Olympics should be
11:16but this
11:17proved itself
11:18and this night
11:19on the track
11:20was special
11:21and I'll take
11:22that for all time.
11:23Next question
11:24Bondo
11:25This is
11:26Shevket
11:27from
11:28AthleticsPodium.com
11:29What can
11:30you say
11:32about the
11:33general
11:34high level
11:35of the competition
11:36because
11:37only second time
11:38in Olympics
11:39history
11:40590
11:41didn't get
11:42a medal
11:43in the competition
11:44the Chasers
11:45enclosing you
11:46right?
11:47Yeah
11:48I mean
11:49I know
11:50what these guys
11:51can do
11:52and I know
11:53that we had
11:54a bunch of
11:55killers on
11:56the track
11:57tonight
11:58mercenaries
11:59from all over
12:00baby
12:01when
12:02one of them
12:03falls
12:04the other one
12:05is going to step
12:06up and do
12:07even better
12:08so
12:09yeah
12:10I mean
12:11I'm not
12:12surprised
12:13not surprised
12:14that they
12:15performed
12:16the way
12:17they did
12:18I know
12:19what these
12:20guys are
12:21I know
12:22that they
12:23are going
12:24to step
12:25up
12:26when it
12:27matters
12:28the most
12:29but
12:30two of the guys
12:31that I probably
12:32jumped with
12:33the most
12:34in my whole
12:35career
12:36have been
12:37jumping with
12:38him
12:39since we
12:40were
12:41teenagers
12:42very young
12:43but I was
12:44also jumping
12:45with him
12:46when I was
12:47a teenager
12:48too
12:49not so long
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