Sweden’s Armand Duplantis set a brand new world report of 6.25m after profitable gold within the males’s pole vault.
The 24-year-old, who had secured successive Olympic titles by clearing six metres, set an Olympic report of 6.10m along with his subsequent try.
And he improved his world better of 6.24m, that he set in April, by one centimetre at his third and ultimate try, to the delight of the gang within the Stade de France.
The 2-time world champion has now damaged the report on 9 events.
Duplantis, the primary athlete to retain the pole vault title since American Bob Richards in 1952 and 1956, raced to his family and friends after breaking the world report.
He then launched into a lap of the observe draped within the Swedish flag, as Abba’s ‘Dancing Queen’ blasted out of the stadium sound system.
“I haven’t processed how unbelievable that second was,” mentioned Duplantis. “It’s a type of issues that you simply don’t actually really feel is actual. It is such an out of physique expertise.
“The largest dream since a child was to interrupt the world report on the Olympics, and I’ve been ready to try this in entrance of probably the most ridiculous crowd I’ve ever competed in entrance of.
“The celebration goes to be fairly large. Not that a lot sleep, plenty of partying, a great time.”
American Sam Kendricks cleared 5.95m to take silver, whereas Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis secured bronze on countback with a better of 5.90m.
