You're freaking out inside': why Mondo Duplantis is my athlete of the year | Sean Ingle
Briefly

"But in some way, it's the same. It's a kind of hysteria. When I'm on the way down, I can see that the bar is going to stay there. But it almost feels fake."
"You go into this almost cloud-nine type feeling, the dopamine kick or whatever it is, and suddenly you're on a different planet. It almost feels completely out of this world."
"Every athlete chases perfection. But in 2024, the Swede achieved it. The second world record was surely his Mona Lisa."
"He had visualised the moment 1,000 times, from the moment he began pole vaulting in the back yard as a tiny kid."
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