Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis makes performing debut

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis is likely one of the largest stars in monitor and area. The 25-year-old pole vault sensation has damaged the lads’s world report seven occasions, frequently elevating the bar—each actually and figuratively. However Duplantis’s fame extends far past the monitor and area world. Because the face of Pink Bull and a Vogue cowl mannequin, he’s develop into an icon. Now, he’s moving into a brand new highlight, bridging the hole between monitor and area and popular culture by starring in a music video alongside his fiancée, Desiré Inglander.

On Friday, Jan. 24, Norwegian digital artist and producer Kygo is ready to launch a brand new single, Chasing Paradise, with American pop-rock band OneRepublic. The official music video, that includes Duplantis and Inglander, will premiere on YouTube on the identical day. 

The music is concerning the highs of a relationship and savouring the great moments. Based mostly on the video trailer, Duplantis and Inglander have been filmed in a tropical paradise, with steamy photographs of the couple canoodling on the seashore and within the ocean.

At simply 25, Duplantis has already achieved all the pieces within the pole vault world. He’s a two-time Olympic champion, a four-time world champion (indoors and outdoor), he has dominated the Diamond League circuit for 4 consecutive years and he has set the world pole vault report no fewer than seven occasions. He even stepped exterior his specialty final 12 months to race Norwegian 400m hurdles star Karsten Warholm in a 100m dash on the 2024 Zurich Diamond League (and gained).

Mondo Duplantis
Mondo Duplantis breaks his personal world report, leaping 6.25m on the 2024 Paris Olympic Video games. Photograph: Kevin Morris

Off the monitor, Duplantis’s life has been equally eventful. After wrapping up his stellar 2024 season, he proposed to Inglander in a Vogue Scandinavia-orchestrated engagement that went viral. The couple plans to tie the knot in 2025, probably after Duplantis competes for his third consecutive world pole vault title on the World Championships in Tokyo in September.


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