{"id":18860,"date":"2025-12-01T09:36:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/?p=18860"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:36:31","slug":"three-wdl-champions-crowned-world-athletes-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/three-wdl-champions-crowned-world-athletes-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Three WDL champions crowned World Athletes of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three Wanda Diamond League champions were crowned among the 2025 World Athletes of the Year on Sunday, with pole vault world record breaker Mondo Duplantis winning the top prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duplantis was named Men&#8217;s World Athlete of the Year after another record-breaking season which saw him claim a fifth straight Diamond League title and break the world record on home soil for the first time in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swedish superstar also defended his world title in Tokyo in September, rewriting the history books yet again with an astonishing world record of 6.30m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload smush-lazyload-video smush-lazyload-youtube\" style=\"--smush-video-aspect-ratio: 500\/281\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.diamondleague.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php?action=smush_video_thumbnail&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FVo9tBi7XHEI%3Ffeature%3Doembed&#038;video_width=500&#038;video_height=281)\" ><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vault WORLD RECORD with 6.28m in Stockholm - Wanda Diamond League 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vo9tBi7XHEI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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