Duplantis, Mclaughlin-Levrone reign supreme as World Athletics crowns new era of dominance
On a night built for legends, Sweden’s pole vault phenomenon Mondo Duplantis and America’s 400m queen Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were crowned World Athletes of the Year, sealing a season where both athletes treated the track like their personal kingdom.
Duplantis, the 26-year-old whose name has become shorthand for gravity-defying brilliance, didn’t just retain his world title in Tokyo—he rewrote the script of pole vault history.
Four more world records fell to his relentless ambition, and 16 competitions came and went without a single defeat.
Not content with dominance alone, he also pocketed a fifth straight Diamond League trophy, stretching his reign into something that feels less like a career and more like mythology.
With a grin that betrayed both confidence and mischief, Duplantis quipped, "I hope to keep pushing it. I hope to keep irritating everyone who has to vote for me for years to come."
Then he added, almost reverently, that the award meant even more because it shone a spotlight on field athletes everywhere.
Across the stage stood a woman just as unstoppable.
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, the American superstar whose stride seems engineered for perfection, completed a two-year run without a single loss—whether in the 400m hurdles that made her a global icon or the 400m flat she now dominates with frightening ease.
Her Tokyo time of 47.78, the second-fastest ever run in history, etched her among the greats. But her biggest feat? Becoming
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