Duplantis continues hot streak at World Athletics Championships, breaks pole vault world record for 14th time
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Duplantis continues hot streak at World Athletics Championships, breaks pole vault world record for 14th time Photograph: (AFP)
Clocking a height of 6.30m, Armand Duplantis bettered his previous best of 6.29m to set a new world record. The Swede, in doing so, completed a hat-trick of World Championships medals in Japan.
Another day, another record broken as Armand Duplantis broke the pole vault record for the 14th time in his career at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday (Sep 15). Clocking a height of 6.30m, Duplantis bettered his previous best of 6.29m to set a new world record. The Swede, in doing so, completed a hat-trick of World Championships medals in Japan.
Duplantis continues hot streak
Having taken to the field on Monday, Duplantis was the hot favoruite to complete a hat-trick of world titles. He already wrapped the title with a 6.15m jump earlier before raising the bar by 15cm, as he broke the world record for the fourth time in the year. After breaking the record, the Swede was seen with his trademark celebration, racing around the track as he did during the Paris Olympics in 2024.
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He was seen flexing his muscles for the rapturous crowd, sought out his partner for a passionate kiss, followed by a quick embrace of his parents.
"I am so happy, I cannot explain it," Duplantis said.
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"For the past two weeks, I really enjoyed being in Tokyo. I have been enjoying everything so much. I feel the only way to leave Japan was to set the world record.
"I was feeling really good the whole day. I knew I had the record in me. If I have the right runway, I know that everything is possible. I am glad it all worked out."
Greece's Emmanouil Karalis took silver with a best of 6.00m and Australian Kurtis Marschall claimed bronze with a personal best of 5.95m, taking the medal on countback from American Sam Kendricks.
Duplantis had won a gold medal at the Paris Olympics with a jump of 6.25m, setting an Olympic record and writing his name in the record books.
