From the swimming pool to the ever-improving athletics track, from the climbing wall to the basketball hoop or the football pitch in the various French stadiums, the Paris 2024 Games, which begin at the end of July, could see many records broken.

GETTY IMAGESArmand 'Mondo' Duplantis has become synonymous with the term 'world record'.

Duplantis first broke the world record in February 2020 when he leapt 6.17m to beat the six-year-old

first time in 55 years that an American had set a world record in the senior weightlifting event.Armand Duplantis

Swedish athlete Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis dominated the men's pole vault at the Suzhou Diamond League

The prodigious Duplantis cleared 6.24m in Xiamen for his eighth world record and secured victory in Suzhou

The bar was immediately raised to 6.25m, but it proved to be too much for Duplantis, who was born in

Spain's women's football team and Aitana Bonmati were the big winners at the Laureus Gala held this Monday in Madrid, which honoured the best of 2023, while sports stars such as Novak Djokovic, Jude Bellingham and Simone Biles also received awards.

off competition from Argentina's Lionel Messi, Norway's Erling Haaland, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis

World number one Novak Djokovic misses the Masters 1000 tournament for the third time in four years. His old rival Rafael Nadal will begin his campaign against 16-year-old American Darwin Blanch.

champion appears to be employing a deliberate strategy to manage his workload and extend his career.Armand Duplantis

The Serbian is on a shortlist of six alongside the likes of Armand Duplantis, Lionel Messi and Max Verstappen

👊#Laureus24 pic.twitter.com/jdMfDm9BIG— Laureus (@LaureusSport) April 8, 2024Swedish pole vaulter Duplantis

Duplantis set his eighth world record at the Diamond League opener in Xiamen, China, clearing 6.24 metres

Duplantis cleared the bar on his first attempt, but the American was eliminated after three failures.Duplantis

GETTY IMAGESThe stage was then set for Duplantis to go for his own world record.

🏆 Duplantis bate su propio registro de 6.23m y establece una nueva marca histórica con 6.24m en salto

Duplantis has taken pole vaulting to even greater heights, having set his first world record of 6.17m

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, who will defend his Olympic title in Paris this summer, is entered for the

The world record holder in the pole vault will begin his outdoor season at the Xiamen Diamond League. It will serve as a test before the Olympic Games in less than 100 days. "It is time to be in good shape for Paris 2024," said the athlete, who won the indoor title in Glasgow earlier this year.

Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis, the undisputed pole vault champion for the past three years, will start his

in mind".The Swedish-born American has seven world records to his name and in an interview with AFP, Duplantis

 Duplantis is a special and unusual athlete in the world of athletics.

According to Duplantis, he is already "in a good shape".

It's a real advantage to win everything," Lavillenie added.In Xiamen, Duplantis will be one of the 12

More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games have will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April at 10am CEST. This is one of the last opportunities to see the stars of the Games in action, including Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Simone Biles, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Lebron James.

athletics at the Stade de France, from €24 to €980, including the evening of 5 August, when Armand Duplantis

Devynne Charlton broke her world record in the 60m hurdles, 'Mondo' continued his dominance in the pole vault, and the Netherlands' Femke Bol and Belgium's Alexander Doom added a second gold medal to their 400m gold in the 4x400m at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championship 2024 in Glasgow.

Noah Lyles, Karsten Warholm, Mondo Duplantis and Femke Bol are among the 651 athletes competing for the

GETTY IMAGESOlympic champion Duplantis has been virtually unbeatable in the men's pole vault for years

The nominees for the prestigious Laureus Awards, selected by the 1,300 members of the Laureus Global Media Panel, have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 April. Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and Aitana Bonmatí are among the nominees.

-Armand Duplantis (Sweden), Athletics.-Erling Haaland (Norway), Football.

US gymnastics star Simone Biles and Serbian tennis world number one Novak Djokovic have been named AIPS Athletes of the Year for the 2023 edition. This is the result of a poll by the AIPS, in which a panel of 405 journalists from 107 countries voted.

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis came second with 335 points, while Argentinian footballer Lionel

Armand Duplantis (athletics, Sweden): 335 votes (9,19%).3.

it's not been two, but six athletes who have been awarded by World Athletics: Tigist Assefa, Mondo Duplantis

out of stadia: Tigist Assefa, ETH, marathonMen’s track: Noah Lyles, USA, 100m/200mMen’s field: Mondo Duplantis

Femke Bol of the Netherlands and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen received awards as European Athletes of the Year at the annual Golden Tracks award ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania.

finished ahead of the Swedish athlete with whom he shared the men’s award last year, pole vaulter Armand Duplantis

Sweden’s national public TV broadcaster Sverige Television (SVT) will feature a magazine programme every evening including the best of the action from the Paris 2024 Olympics, it has announced.

every evening at 10pm local time on SVT1 and on SVT Play.Defending men's pole vault champion Mondo Duplantis

prospects in athletics, where it is due to field the defending men’s pole vault and discus champions Mondo Duplantis