Always higher, always stronger.
The Swedish Armand Duplantis improved his pole vault world record by crossing a bar at 6.20 m.
At the same time, he won his first indoor world title on Sunday in Belgrade.
The Swede's previous world record (6.19m) was set two weeks ago in the same hall.
At the World Indoor Athletics Championships, the Olympic champion was crowned Sunday ahead of the Brazilian Thiago Braz (5.95 m) and the American Chris Nilsen (5.90 m).
A third jump that changes everything
After two totally missed tries, Duplantis erased the bar at 6.20m on his 3rd and last attempt, capsizing the Stark Arena in the Serbian capital.
It is the third time that Duplantis has improved a world record, which he snatched from Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie in February 2020.
Olympic champion (2021) and European outdoor champion (2018) as well as indoors (2021), the Swedish prodigy (22 years old) had never before been crowned at a world meeting.
He will try this summer from July 15 to 24 in Eugene, in the United States, to seize the gold medal at the Outdoor Worlds, the only one that is now missing from his already well-stocked list.
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