1 of 4 Athletics – Diamond League – Silesia – Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland – 25 August 2024 Sweden's Armand Duplantis breaks the world record in the men's pole vault, clearing 6.26m REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel
(1/4)Athletics – Diamond League – Silesia – Silesian Stadium, Chorzow, Poland – August 25, 2024 Armand Duplantis of Sweden breaks the world record in the men's pole vault, clearing 6.26m REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel Purchasing licensing rights will open in a new tab
(Reuters) – Sweden's Mondo Duplantis improved his own pole vault world record on Sunday, clearing 6.26 metres on his second attempt at the Silesian Diamond League meet.
Duplantis broke his 10th world record, beating the 6.25m he set after defending his gold medal at the Paris Olympics earlier this month.
In Poland, he had already sealed the victory with 6.00 meters and raised the bar to 6.26.
The 24-year-old Duplantis thrilled the Stade de France crowd at the Paris Olympics by breaking a ninth world record, but there was always the impression that Duplantis's exploits were not over yet.
“This year I was focused on the Olympics. I was in good shape so the records just came naturally,” Duplantis said.
“So I'm not surprised by today's record, but I'm grateful.”
Duplantis cleared 6.15 to win in Lausanne on Wednesday, but at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow he raised the bar to a world record height as the Polish crowd waited with bated breath.
After a disappointingly poor first routine, the Swede leapt to his feet amid roaring crowd cheers, ran towards the truck and collapsed to the ground.
“It feels strange and unnatural to receive so much love and support from the crowd while competing, especially in Poland,” Duplantis said.
“The energy in this stadium gets better every year. My first world record was also set indoors in Torun, Poland (in 2020). There are so many great memories here.”
Olympic silver medallist Sam Kendricks of the United States cleared 6.00 metres but missed at 6.08 metres to come in second, while Emanouil Karalis of Greece, who won the bronze medal in Paris, cleared six metres to come in third.
Spectators had already witnessed Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen break the long-held 3,000m world record with a time of 7 minutes 17.55 seconds, beating the previous world record set in 1996 by Kenya's Daniel Komen with a time of 7 minutes 20.67 seconds.
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Reporting by Trevor Steyns; Editing by Louise Heavens and Claire Fallon
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