Dazzling Duplantis shatters report once more, defends world title with 6.30m vault

Sweden’s Armand Duplantis stays peerless as he captures a 3rd straight title within the World Athletics Championships and breaks the pole vault world report for the 14th time

TOKYO, Japan – Mondo Duplantis broke the pole vault world report for the 14th time with a bounce of 6.30 meters on his third try as he secured a 3rd straight title within the World Athletics Championships on Monday, September 15.

The gold medal was already safe for the American-born Swede when he had the bar raised a centimeter larger than the report top 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.

The stadium exploded because the 25-year-old raced over to rejoice along with his household within the crowd earlier than being mobbed by his delighted rivals.

It was a stark distinction with the scenes on the similar enviornment 4 years in the past when Duplantis gained the primary of his two Olympic titles with the Tokyo public locked out due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Seven of the 12 vaulters cleared 5.90m in an unusually robust competitors however the contest, such because it was, quickly got here all the way down to Duplantis and Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis.

Karalis, bronze medallist behind Duplantis on the Paris Olympics, secured the silver medal with a bounce of 6.00m however failed at 6.10m, 6.15m, and 6.20m as he tried to place some stress on the reigning champion.

Duplantis sailed previous 6.10m and 6.15m after which gave the group and athletics world what it needed along with his fourth world report bounce of the season.

Australia’s Kurtis Marschall matched his private greatest with a bounce of 5.95m to win a second world bronze medal. – Rappler.com