Olympic champion Armand Duplantis and model girlfriend delight fans with ‘iconic’ Halloween costumes as Raygun and viral Turkish shooter
Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis and his model girlfriend Desiré Inglander have been hailed by fans after their Paris 2024 themed Halloween costume.
Duplantis, affectionately known as ‘Mondo’, took to social media to share their costumes on Thursday.
The pole vault world record holder mimicked Turkish shooting silver medallist Yusuf Dikec, while Inglander opted to resemble Australian breakdancer Raygun.
Dikec had gone viral on social media for his nonchalant pose while competing in the mixed team 10-meter air pistol event.
The Turkish shooter helped his team win silver in the event, but gained the attention of fans by having his non-shooting hand casually tucked into his pocket.
Armand Duplantis and Desiré Inglander have been hailed by fans their Halloween costumes
Duplantis mimicked Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec, who went viral at the Paris Olympics
Inglander adopted the Australian uniform and pose of breakdancer Raygun
Duplantis replicated the pose on social media, replicating the shooter’s silver hair and and wearing a t-shirt with the word ‘Turkyie’.
Inglander was seen wearing the Australian team kit from the Olympics, with the model adopting one of the poses which saw Raygun gain notoriety at the Games.
The Australian Olympian, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, became a global source of ridicule.
Dressed in an Australian tracksuit, the 37-year-old had Raygun had produce an infamous performance, which saw her hop like a kangaroo and adopt a series of bizarre poses.
Raygun had received a total of 0.0 points from the judges.
Fans were quick to hail Duplantis and Inglander’s costumes on social media, with one labelling their Halloween efforts as ‘iconic’.
‘The quality is so high,’ one fan said, while another posted ‘this is so fire’.
The couple were labelled the ‘coolest customers’ by another, with another enjoying the choice by writing ‘Not Raygun’ and adding laughing emojis.
Duplantis had previously copied Dikec with his celebration during the Olympic Games
The Swedish star provided one of the moments of the Games by breaking his own world record
The Swede then made headlines after kissing his model girlfriend after his victory
It is not the first time Duplantis has mimicked Dikec, with the Swedish-American pole vault star having adopted the Turkish shooter’s pose to celebrate claiming defending his Olympic title in Paris.
He adopted the post after breaking the Olympic record of 6.10m to seal gold, with the star later revealing he had been dared to adopt the post by Australian pole vaulter Kurtis Marschall.
Duplantis then delivered one of the stand out moments of the Games by breaking his own world record by clearing 6.25m.
He celebrated the feat by racing to Inglander, with the couple sharing a passionate kiss in front of 70,000 spectators at the Stade de France and viewers around the world.
Duplantis revealed earlier this month that he had proposed to his content creator girlfriend, 23, in the glitzy Hamptons.
He had told Inglander that they were taking part in a stylish photoshoot for Vogue, before getting down on one knee and popping the question.
He told Vogue Scandinavia: ‘I was more nervous than at the Olympics’.
Inglander told the publication: ‘I’m still shocked. I’m such a control freak, it’s impossible to surprise me.’
However, the pole vaulting star had another surprise up his sleeve – he’d brought their respective families, from Louisiana and Sweden, along to celebrate their happy news.
The athlete has been in a long-term relationship with Inglander, from Sweden, where Armand’s mother is originally from, for nearly four years.
Mondo Duplantis with his now wife-to-be following his romantic proposal on a beach in the Hamptons earlier this month
The couple have been dating for nearly four years after meeting in Sweden
The Swedish model met the pole vaulter at a traditional Mid Sommer party in her homeland
The model boasts nearly 400,000 followers on Instagram a similar amount on TikTok
Inglander appeared to reference their upcoming wedding in another Halloween themed post
The model shared a series of film posters, with the couple photoshopped into the designs
Inglander appeared to reference their upcoming wedding in another Halloween post, with the model sharing a series of film posters featuring the couple.
One post saw the couple imposed onto the poster for the film ‘Mr and Mrs’, with the addition ‘coming soon’.
The couple reportedly met in 2020 at a Midsummer party in Sweden in 2020, during the festival that celebrates the longest day of the year, where the sun never sets in the country.
The two then hit it off, amid a few hiccups regarding language barriers and cultural difference – with Armand having grown up in the US and Desire, Sweden.
