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Olympic Games: Duplantis’ life relationship with Karalis – He helped me in my first steps, said the Swede about the Greek

The Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the pole vault and the Paris Olympic bronze medalist.

Both were born in 1999. Emmanuel Karalis on October 20 and Modo Duplantis on November 10. The first is the fruit of the love of two people from Greece and Uganda, while the second has a father from the USA and a mother from Sweden.

Greece’s Karalis wins bronze in Glasgow

Greece's Emmanouil Karalis celebrates after the men's pole vault final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, where he won bronze with a jump of 5.85m. Sweden's Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis successfully defended his world indoor pole vault title with a best clearance of 6.05m, while American Sam Kendricks secured silver with a best performance of 5.90m. [Reuters]