Duplantis named World Athletics’ male athlete of year
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins top female award
Armand Duplantis has capped a remarkable 2025, in which he broke four world records and won another world title, by being named World Athletics’ male athlete of the year.
Immediately after picking up the award, the Swedish pole vaulter took aim at Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track, which collapsed earlier in the summer and is still yet to pay athletes their full prize money.
“There was another tour that tried to exclude field events,” Duplantis said to an audience that included multiple athlete stars as well Prince Albert II of Monaco. “That didn’t didn’t go so well, did it? I am very proud to represent field eventers.”
