Sweden’s Armand Duplantis set a new world record of 6.25m after winning gold in the men’s pole vault on Monday night.
The 24-year-old, who had already done enough to defend his Olympic title, went on to add one centimetre to the record he set in April this year.
Armand Duplantis did it again, breaking the pole vault record for the ninth time in his career with a majestic 6.25m clearance, having already locked up his second Olympic gold medal.
The 24-year-old Swede, better known as Mondo, had the Stade de France captivated well after the track events had ended with Keely Hodgkinson’s 800m gold. He waited for her to fly past and then set about adding another centimetre to his legacy.