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Armand Duplantis put on the performance of his life in the Olympics.
He also celebrated the Olympic gold with a much talked about gesture.
Now comes a most unexpected mockery of “Mondo” – from Turkey.
The entire sports world and 80,000 spectators on site got to see an absolutely incredible display of Armand Duplantis during Monday evening. The Swede offered a historic sporting evening with Olympic gold, an Olympic record and another world record.
Mondo’s victory gesture
Total euphoria erupted at the Stade de France and it is a pole vault final that many will remember for a long time. During the show, “Mondo” also offered a much-talked-about victory gesture that has become a huge talking point.
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When the Olympic record was secured, the Swedish world star made a gun gesture to pay tribute to the Turkish pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec which went super viral during the Olympics in Paris. But now a most unexpected mockery comes from Turkey after Duplanti’s attention-grabbing gesture.
Turkish mockery
The Turkish Sports Minister Osman Askin Behind sends a clear pass to the Swede at X.
“Even if you break the Olympic record, you will always be in the shadow of Yusuf”, writes the minister with a real grin.
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Duplantis, who has rightfully celebrated the Olympic gold and the world record ever since, has yet to take part in the Turkish mockery or other reactions to his victory gesture.
– I have only heard. I haven’t had time to look at my mobile almost, it’s just been one thing after another, he admits to Expressen.
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The girlfriend Desire Inglander however, had another theory behind Mondo’s victory gesture.
– It was like “I got this”, she said on Monday evening.
– I think Desiré was a little stressed because she didn’t know what I was doing for anything “what are you doing with a gun?”. But I explained it was a meme and when I showed the picture she got it. But she wondered what I was doing, Armand Duplantis admits to the evening newspaper after the great confusion and ends with a laugh:
– It’s nice to be a little cocky sometimes.
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