American athlete Vernon Norwood threw a sarcastic jab at the pole vault Olympic and world champion, Mondo Duplantis. This comes following the viral stunt pulled off by the mascot of Brigham Young University during the collegiate side's rugby match against West Virginia on Friday, October 3.The BYU Cougars won the match 38-24, and what followed was a breathtaking stunt from the side's mascot, Cosmo Cougar. After the Cougars' victory, the mascot was seen pole vaulting over a fire bar in the stadium. The mascot landed safely, leaving other members of the team in awe of the stunt.Citius Mag posted this viral stunt on X and further asked Duplantis to try it. The caption of the post read:"Need to see Mondo Duplantis do this."Norwood shared the post and tagged Duplantis, asking the Swedish athlete sarcastically to be prepared. Norwood wrote:"@mondohoss600 LOCK IN 🤣"Notably, both Vernon Norwood and Mondo Duplantis competed at the World Athletics Championships 2025 last month. Duplantis bagged the gold medal in the pole vault event and also registered the world record, while Norwood was part of the US quartet that won the silver in the 4x400m relay. They are also alumni of the LSU track and field team.Mondo Duplantis made his feelings clear after registering a world record in front of a packed crowd at the World Athletics Championships 2025Mondo Duplantis (Image via: Getty)Mondo Duplantis made his feelings known after registering a new world record for the 14th time in his career. The Swedish athlete registered a mark of 6.30m in the finals of the World Championships to achieve this feat.Speaking in an interview following the event, Duplantis stated that the packed crowds of the stadium helped him immensely during his attempts in the final. Duplantis also mentioned that he was quite close to the world record during the delayed 2020 Olympics, but the absence of crowds played a decisive role in the lack of that extra motivation. He said (via runnerspace, 00:08 onwards):"I think I was owed it too a little bit because I felt like I was really close the last Olympics here, and I think the difference maker was being able to have the spectators and have the full crowd because it was one of the best stadium atmospheres and experiences that I've ever had, actually. So, I think that really helped towards the end when it started to get a little bit later and we were getting a little more tired."During the interview, Duplantis also added that he was pretty confident about his performance even before the official start of the event finals.