Duplantis heads to this week’s World Indoors in Nanjing, China, fresh from successfully ascending 6.27m last month.
And almost two years on since the last time he failed to win a competition, Duplantis says of his record pursuit: “Really, I think about it less than you'd imagine.
“I know I have a higher height in me but the natural progression, and where everything is going right now, it takes a little bit of time a...