There’s an irony to meeting Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis on the 39th floor of his hotel in Tokyo. He seems much more at home up in the air than down on the ground. On Monday, the Swedish pole vaulter ...

Here’s the headline: Every single world jumping record, every one, is at least 20 years old. The most famous of the records, Mike Powell’s 8.95-meter long jump (roughly 29 feet, 4 inches) will turn 25 ...