Louisiana’s Mondo Duplantis Got More Than a Gold Medal in Paris

Folks around the city of Lafayette, Louisiana have known about the talents of Mondo Duplantis for some time now. His pole vaulting skills served him quite well while he was attending Lafayette High School. From there, he took his talents to Baton Rouge and LSU. Soon after that Mondo's story and his future began a meteoric rise in the world of international track and field.

Many of you have asked, "Why doesn't Mondo compete for America"? That's a good question. Your answer is right here. Now that we've cleared that up and you've figured out that Mondo competes for the country of Sweden in international events we can focus on what happened at the Olympics in Paris on Monday.

It was not a shocker at all that Mondo Duplantis won the gold medal in the men's pole vault. He was the odds-on favorite and NBC Olympics Host Mike Tirico even suggested that if you were going to place a bet on the outcome of one Olympic event, the men's pole vault and Mondo Duplantis would have been that bet.

Yeah, Mondo is pretty darn good at pole vaulting but it was after the fact that so many of you had questions. Not only about Duplantis but the U.S. Swim team and the U.S. gymnastics teams. Many of you have noticed that in addition to the medal that each athlete receives they also get a box. A lot of us have wondered what exactly is in that box.

We now know what the "secret" contents of the golden box or the golden bar-looking item that medal winners receive. It's actually a gift from the organizers of the Paris games. And here is what's inside the box.

That is the Official Poster for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Each athlete is given a copy of the artwork which took over 2,000 hours to complete. All of the artwork was done by hand and each character featured on the poster is unique. Of course, to get one all you have to do is win a medal at the Olympics.

Or, you could just order one from the Paris Olympics store. In addition to the poster, you can find several other great gifts and goodies that will certainly fan the flames of your Olympic fandom. And yes, you can even purchase a plush toy version of the Paris Olympic mascot. By the way, that's supposed to be hat not an upside down model of the human reproductive system. But we all know what we saw, right?