NEW YORK :With a 13th world record in the bag and an endless hunger for accolades to match his high-flying antics, peerless pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis brings genuine celebrity swagger to this month's World Athletics Championships.

The back-to-back Olympic champion gave fans a taste of what to expect in Tokyo when he soared over 6.29 metres in Budapest last month, the latest in a series of performances that have left sports writers struggling for superlatives.

"I love pushing myself and I love trying to get the most out of myself," Duplantis said in the run-up to the September 13-21 biennial showpiece.

"I just have this real internal drive and motivation that I just want to keep being better. I have short-term memory loss. I probably don't let it soak in and forget my accomplishments t

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