Mondo's mom has written a neat note to her son that is pretty interesting particularly for anyone with young kids. It talks about how Mondo was always fearless as a kid, always a perfectionist with the pole vault, etc. She didn't like watching him practice pole vault as he'd go nuts if he didn't do it correctly. It also included this fascinating anecdote.
Mondo's mom wrote:
I was so looking forward to watching the medal ceremony the following day. But as you know, the taxi driver took me to the wrong arena at first and by the time we had made it to the stadium I just missed the medal ceremony. Few things make me cry, but that did. No pressure, but do you think you can repeat your performance at the next Olympics?? I really would like to be at the medal ceremony in person…!
That's so sad. I mean he chose Sweden to represent his mom and she didn't even get to see the medal ceremony.
https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=626149-Letter-From-Mom-Helena-Duplantis