He held the world record of 6.15 meters, set on 21 February 1993 in Donetsk, Ukraine for almost 21 years until France's Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 metres on 15 February 2014 at the same meet in the same arena.
Loreen, se je širšemu občinstvu predstavila na Švedskemu Idolu in zasedla končno 4. mesto.