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CHORZOW: First placed Sweden’s Armand Duplantis poses next to a board displaying his new 6.26-meter world record after the men's pole vault event of the Silesia Diamond League athletics meeting on Aug 25, 2024. - AFP

Duplantis sets new pole vault world record of 6.26m

August 25, 2024 09:08 p.m

CHORZOW, Poland: Olympic champion Armand Duplantis improved his own pole vault world record by a centimeter at Sunday’s Diamond League Silesia meeting, posting a mark of 6.26 meters on his second attempt. Duplantis broke the mark of 6.25m he set when defending his Olympic title in Paris earlier this month.

It is the 10th time the 24-year-old Swede has set a new world mark since he first became the world record holder with a vault of 6.17m in Torun, Poland, in February 2020. — AFP

LAST UPDATE: August 25, 2024 09:08 PM

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