TOKYO – Mondo Duplantis broke the pole vault world document for the 14th time with a soar of 6.30 metres on his third try as he secured a 3rd straight world title on Monday.
The gold medal was already safe for the American-born Swede when he had the bar raised a centimetre increased than the document peak of 6.29m he managed in Budapest final month.
He failed by the narrowest of margins at his first two makes an attempt however, roared on by a captivated crowd on the Nationwide Stadium, slid over on the third with the bar giving a slight wobble earlier than settling.
Greek Emmanouil Karalis received silver as the one one aside from Duplantis to recover from at 6.00m, whereas Australian Kurtis Marschall matched his private greatest with a soar of 5.95m to win a second world bronze medal.
—Reuters