Greek pole vault champion Emmanouil Karalis won silver at the World Athletics Indoor Championships held in Nanjing, China, on Saturday, breaking the national record.
Karalis finished second behind Swedish Armand Duplantis, clearing 6.05 meters.
That. Was. EPIC! 🔥
🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis and 🇬🇷 Emmanouil Karalis put on a show in the men's pole vault final, but it was Mondo who came out on top! 🥇
2025 #WorldIndoorChamps | March 21-23 | SBS On Demand 📺 pic.twitter.com/PZ0Y7H7uUS
— SBS Sport (@SBSSportau) March 22, 2025
In a statement to public broadcaster ERT, Karalis said that he is having the best season of his career and quoted the words of his opponents and Duplantis himself, who admitted that the absolute star of the event was pressured for the first time.
Emmanouil Karalis 🇬🇷 appreciation post! 🫶
He has won medals at five successive championships:
🥉 2024 World Indoors
🥈 2024 Europeans
🥉 2024 Olympics
🥇 2025 European Indoors
🥈 2025 World IndoorsAnd he is now the equal seventh highest vaulter in history with 6️⃣.0️⃣5️⃣m! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/N2GOvR911V
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) March 22, 2025
Damn, that smile! Greek pole vaulter Manolis Karalis has come a long way since facing racism, depression and serious injuries to become our role model in sports and life! Well done #Manolo 👏 pic.twitter.com/z4JjlKmJ5h
— EUROLEAGUE FANTASIST 🏀 (@ELFantasist) March 22, 2025
