World Athletics Championships: Pole vault 'legend' secures his 14th world record

Armand Duplantis cleared a height of 6.30 metres

Reckon you could jump over a double-decker bus?

Well, superstar athlete Armand Duplantis probably could.

The Swedish star has broken the men's pole vault world record for a whopping fourteenth time, clearing a height of 6.30 metres at the World Athletics Championships.

That's taller than the tallest ever giraffe and about the same as an average two-storey house.

Who is Armand Duplantis?

Armand Duplantis is an American-Swedish athlete who competes for Sweden.

He grew up in Louisiana in the US with a pole vault pit in his back garden thanks to his dad, Greg, being a former elite competitor too.

He's still coached by his parents - and it's certainly working!

He broke his first world record in 2020, where he cleared a height of 6.17m.

Five years later, and he's now on his fourteenth world record.

He really is the GOAT - his closest competitor this season, Emmanouil Karalis, trailed 22 centimetres behind with a personal best of 6.08m.

What is pole vault?

Athletes use a long flexible pole to propel them off the floor into the air

In the pole vault event, athletes use a long flexible pole to help them jump over a high bar.

The aim is to manoeuvre over the bar without knocking it off.

The athlete that clears the biggest height is the winner.

Armand Duplantis is the best in the world at the sport currently, with an unbeaten streak in 37 competitions going back to July 2023.