Men’s Indoor Athlete Of The Year — Mondo Duplantis
March 17, 2020by T&FN
Mondo Duplantis twice raised the World Record, the first pictured here in Toruń, Poland. (JEAN-PIERRE DURAND)
IT WILL COME AS A SURPRISE to nobody that Mondo Duplantis has been named our 2020 Men’s Indoor AOY. In a spectacular 5-meet undercover campaign that we summarized in the February issue, the young Swede went undefeated and twice raised the World Record, first to 20-2¾ (6.17) to unseat Renaud Lavillenie as history’s highest ever—indoors or out—and then to 20-3¼ (6.18). All of his meets found him breaching the 6-meter (19-8¼) barrier, making him the first ever with 5 straight meets at that benchmark.
Honorable Mention status to a trio of undefeated Americans: Donovan Brazier (1:14.39 for the No. 2 time ever in the 600 and 1:44.22 to become No. 5 ever in the 800), Christian Coleman (an altitude-aided 6.37 in the 60 to equal the No. 2 time ever), and Ryan Crouser (74-1¾/22.60 for No. 2 ever in the shot).
Previous Indoor Men’s Athletes Of The Year
Looking at the men’s Indoor AOYs since the ’00 campaign you’ll find that pole vaulters have been frequent winners, with no fewer than 4 of them claiming 7 of the 21 titles. Our No. 1s:
