'More in the tank', vows Duplantis as he edges to century mark

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis vowed on Thursday that he had "more in the tank" going into the defence of his world indoor title in Nanjing, with the possibility of clearing the mythical 6-metre mark for the 100th time on the cards.

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To put that century mark into perspective, Ukranian vaulting legend and former world record holder Sergey Bubka achieved it just 45 times.

"I feel like it's quite possible because of the way that everybody is jumping," Duplantis said.

"I'll probably have to do it just in order to win, so I'll probably be pushing that way.

"That would be quite cool actually: get the gold with 100 clearances over six metres. That would be quite neat." Duplantis has long dominated pole vaulting and earlier this month set an Ilth word record when he cleared 6.27 metres in Clermont.