Titled Swedish pole vaulter, two-time Olympic champion Armand Duplantis, 26, who broke the “eternal” world record of the legendary Sergey Bubka, secretly married his beloved, 24-year-old beautiful model Desiree Englander, in Stockholm City Hall, Expressen reports.
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It seems that the holder of 15 (!) world records himself wanted to hide the fact of his marriage. But his marriage became known after one of the organizers of the Bislett Games competition, who was invited to the wedding, announced that the athlete would miss the June start due to a trip to Cannes for celebrations.
Duplantis had indeed planned a lavish wedding on the French Riviera on June 13-14. But under Swedish law, before registering a marriage abroad, documents must be completed at home, which was the reason for the closed procedure.
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By the way, for the sake of the wedding, Arman missed the Diamond League superfinal in Oslo on June 10. Immediately after the end of the stage in Stockholm on June 7, the famous jumper, who once again became the world indoor champion the day before in Torun, Poland, will leave for France to prepare for the celebrations.
“I feel like I'm half married,” admitted Armand Duplantis . “I don't have an engagement ring yet, the real wedding will take place in the summer. Maybe I would have preferred that nothing was said about our painting. I was a little surprised, but that's how it turned out.”
“This is a wedding, it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing. If I miss one or two starts, it doesn't matter.”
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Armand and Desiree met in June 2020 at a party. Englander previously said that she initially showed no interest in the athlete, but later their relationship developed. In the summer of 2024, after the Paris Olympics, Duplantis, who was born in the United States but competes for his mother's homeland of Sweden, and Englander announced their engagement.
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Previously, “FACTS” reported that the Formula 1 vice-champion secretly married in Monaco.
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