Duplantis praised as the athlete of the year – famous for his thanks: "The best I've ever seen"

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On Thursday, Armand Duplantis was named "Athletes of the Year" at the athletics gala in Stockholm after his strong performance in 2018, which included a gold medal after the giant jump of 6.05 , having been previously praised for "The Year 's Performance in the National Team".

Duplantis, meanwhile, has not been able to attend the crowd since he has an eventful period at Louisiana State University where he just started his college education.

Instead, he had recorded a video greeting that had been recorded after being rented.

A clip that was shouted after.

Duplantis was wearing a white shirt, a black fly, and suit trousers, but that did not stop there. "Mondo" also had a Viking helmet, sunglasses and fur.

– Hello to all the friends athletes, sad to miss this year 's athletics event! Thanks mom, dad, friends, Upsala IF, Swedish athletics for all the support. Could not be here without you, he said in his thanks.

It was then celebrated by the national teammates who were in the crowd.

"It was the best I saw, it was heavy in fact, and it will be credited," tent organizer Fredrik Samuelsson told SportExpressen.

Jonas Anselm, coach at Juni, thinks this dress fits him well.

– "Mondo" and Greg (Armand's father) both say that I am a Viking. It was so nice to see him wearing these clothes, he said.