Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has won it all and broken every record.
But when he was little, his temperament could be too much for mother Helena.
– Then I went out into the kitchen, she says in “Malou meets” which is broadcast on TV4 Play.
Sweden’s most popular athlete – the pole vaulter Armand “Mondo” Duplantis is hot.
As recently as Friday, he set the bar at 6.22 meters – and soared over by a good margin.
New world record.
His sixth in the order.
“Never seen anyone get so angry”
In a long interview with Malou von Sivers in “Malou meets”, “Mondo” talks about the success story.
Mother Helena is a guest on the program and is proud of her son – but admits that there were moments when he was little when she got tired.
– If it didn’t go well… I’ve never seen anyone get so angry with themselves and take it so personally. It was surreal, she says in the program that is broadcast on TV4 Play.
– Sometimes I said ‘this is too much’ and then I went into the kitchen and looked through the window so as not to hear how he was doing.
An anger and stubbornness that was perhaps decisive early in his career.
– He got angry but he never stopped. He just continued there in the garden. In some old films you see how the older brothers also jump, but in the end there is only one left. And it’s Armand, she says.
“Malou meets” is broadcast on TV4 and TV4 Play at 20:00 tonight.
