On Thursday evening, Armand Duplantis will compete at the Stockholm Stadium for the first time since his move to Stockholm.
Then several friends and family of the 22-year-old are on site.
– It’s the biggest pressure you can get, he says before the competition.
world record holder Armand Duplantis Preparing for the restroom this summer with Bauhaus Gala at Stockholm Stadium.
It will be the first time he has competed on the court since his move to Stockholm.
– It’s exciting. I’ve moved now so it feels real home. It will be fun, Duplantis himself said before the competition.
Since the competition is taking place on the main land of “Mondo”, many of the star’s family and friends will be ready to cheer.
Then the pressure really rises for the 22-year-old.
It’s a different stress when you have friends and family and everyone close to you gets fulfilled. He says I m famous, I’m not nervous but tagged more.
Duplantis now wants to show his loved ones what he’s doing in his Stockholm home.
There is more pressure when you are in place, one hundred percent. There might be twenty of my closest friends out there, and that’s the biggest stress you can ever be. It’s a very important competition for me to show all those close to me what I can do.
“I feel like I can jump really high”
The last time a Swede broke a world record on the court was in 1987 when Patrick Sjoberg participated.
Now Duplantis hopes to do the same.
– It is a little difficult to jump outdoors because you have to think about the wind and the weather. But it looks like it will be good weather tomorrow and it won’t always be the case in Sweden, so I think it could be good. Looks like I can jump really high now, so we’ll see.
The Bauhaus party takes place Thursday evening and the men’s pole vault begins at 19:29.