Armand “Mondo” Duplantis – the Swedish-American pole vaulter who broke a world record at the Paris 2024 Olympics – celebrated his big win with a kiss from his girlfriend in what looked like a scene straight out of a movie. On Monday, August 5, the 24-year-old athlete broke a world record after he reached 6.25m during the men’s pole vault final, securing the gold medal for Sweden.
As soon as he landed back on the mat, Duplantis immediately ran over to his Swedish model girlfriend, Desiré Inglander, in the crowd. The TikTok star, dressed in Team Sweden gear, appeared to be in tears as she wrapped her arms around Duplantis. Cameras captured the pair kissing, while fans cheered behind them.
Inglander shared a video of the epic moment to her Instagram , which showed Duplantis making his way toward her in the stands. “My boyfriend just broke the world record in the Olympics,” she wrote over the clip, as thousands of commenters gushed over his romantic gesture. “I just saw the moment he ran to you and it’s so cuteee omg,” one Instagram user said, while someone else wrote back: “Right?? I was literally crying when he did.
” “The way that you were the first person he ran to,” another pointed out. The Louisiana native, whose mother is from Sweden, has broken the world record for pole vault nine times total. In fact, his 6.
25m pole vault during Monday’s final broke his own record of 6.24m, which he set in the Xiamen Diamond League earlier this year. “I h.