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‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

25 Years of Laureus

‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

The 2025 winner of the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award, Mondo Duplantis continued to add to his reputation last year, improving his pole vault world record in Clermont-Ferrand, Stockholm and Budapest, before securing his 14th world record (6.30m) during the World Athletics Championship in Tokyo to win his third consecutive outdoor world championships gold.
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