Now a two-time Olympian gold medallist, Armand Duplantis has broken his own pole vault world record for the ninth time in Paris.
The 24-year-old already had the gold medal after his first clearance of 6.0 metres, and then went on to clear 6.10m, breaking the Olympic record. Duplantis went straight to lifting the bar to 6.25m, 1cm higher than the recent world record he set in April at the Xiamen Diamond League in China.
The Swede missed his first two attempts of 6.25m, but on his third and final try he flew over the bar, marking an immense moment in track and field Olympic history.
Duplantis became the first man to win back-to-back Olympic pole vault titles since USA Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956.
Duplantis won by an astonishing 30cm, with American Sam Kendricks claiming the silver (5.95m) and Greece's Emmanouil Karalis winning the bronze (5.90m).
"Gravity looks like it just works a little bit different for 'Mondo' Duplantis," said former Australian Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker on Channel 9.
Before Duplantis, there were two other notable men, Sergey Bubka who broke the world record for men's pole vault 35 times during his career from 1984 to 1994 and held the world record till 2014. Bubka was also the first male to clear six metres.
Then came along Renaud Lavillenie, who broke Bubka's world record of 6.14m to clear 6.16m to hold the world record till 2020 before Duplantis boosted onto the scene.
The 24-year-old Swede is showing no signs of slowing down and will continue to reach extraordinary heights, etching his name into the record books.