By Amy Tennery

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Fresh off yet another world record mark and with a third straight world gold in his sights, pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is ready to push the boundaries of his sport again.

The gravity-defying Swede broke the world record for a 13th time on Tuesday, clearing 6.29 metres at the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, and will be one of the biggest attractions at next month’s World Championships in Tokyo.

“The natural next step would be 6.30. And I think that would be a huge barrier to cross for me and for the sport in general,” Duplantis told reporters on Thursday.

“I’ll be there soon. And then I guess naturally then I’ll just keep looking forward whenever I’m able to cross that, hopefully in the near future. As far as the limit, I don’t really think about i

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