Swedish pole vault superstar Mondo Duplantis improved his own championship record to 6.25m to secure his fourth successive world indoor title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 on Saturday (21).
For the first time in history, three athletes surpassed six metres in the same indoor contest – Emmanouil Karalis of Greece cleared 6.05m for silver, while Australia’s Kurtis Marschall equalled his PB by clearing 6.00m for bronze.
After entering the competition at 5.50m and clearing that on his first try, Duplantis continued to clear 5.85m, 6.00m, 6.10m, 6.15m and then 6.25m – all on his initial attempts.
He decided to call it a day at that point – getting another gold back in the arena where he cleared his first world record of 6.17m in 2020.
More to follow…
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