ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 4月26日 13時07分

Armand Duplantis is the only high school pole-vaulter to have cleared 19 feet, and he’s already done it twice this year. He’s considered a medal candidate at the world track and field championships, which will take place this August in London. This is pretty extraordinary: Armand — who goes by Mondo — is 17, and he’s competing in an event where athletes tend to reach their prime in their late 20s. “He’s the Tiger Woods of pole vaulting,” said Earl Bell, a prominent pole-vault coach who won bronze at the 1984 Olympics in LA and once held the world record. Mondo started early; when he was in diapers, he climbed a neighbor’s tree, only to have a panicked passer-by call 911. Then he began vaulting with a broomstick in the living room, using an ottoman as a landing pit. By 7, he was a world age-group champion. Until recently, Mondo trained on a runway that extends about 125 feet from the side of his family’s home, under a gate and into the backyard, where it ends at a foam landing pit. Now, having outgrown his home training area, he practices at his high school. By the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Mondo said, his aim is to be “the best in the world and going for the gold medal.” @edmundfountain photographed Mondo demonstrating a pole-vaulting training device. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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