Pole vault star Armand Duplantis married Desiré Inglander secretly at Stockholm City Hall on March 7. The couple plans a larger ceremony in Cannes in June. Duplantis calls himself 'half-married' until he gets the ring.
Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and Desiré Inglander registered their marriage at Stockholm City Hall on March 7 this year, just five days before Duplantis set a new world record of 6.31 meters. Duplantis confirmed this to news agency TT. The reason was that the couple needed to register the marriage in Sweden ahead of a wedding ceremony abroad later in the year. 'Yes, you have to do it,' he told TT ahead of the indoor world championships in Poland. The couple plans the 'real ceremony and wedding' in Cannes, France, on June 13–14, in the middle of the competition season, as they wanted a summer wedding. Agent Daniel Wessfeldt describes it as a 'quite private wedding' with the families and closest friends, not too large. The wedding will not be cheap, but Duplantis can afford it, according to Wessfeldt, and it has not been sold to any media outlet. Earlier this week, Bislett Games competition director Steinar Hoen told NTB that Duplantis would marry in Cannes, meaning he skips the event in Norway. Duplantis was not entirely pleased: 'I might have wished he wouldn't say anything. I was a bit shocked that he said it, but it is what it is.' Asked if he feels married, Duplantis replies: 'Yes, in a way. I feel half-married. But I don't have the ring on yet. Not until the real ceremony in June.' He adheres to the American tradition and waits for the ring until the ceremony. The couple is seen as a 'power couple,' and the wedding news has become a world news item. 'It feels a bit strange. I'm grateful for it, there's a lot of love. But we're trying to find a balance to keep it a bit private. And it feels a bit uncomfortable to talk about it,' Duplantis says.
