Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for a tenth time

Armand Duplantis has broken the pole vault world record for the tenth time, clearing 6.26 metres at the Silesia Diamond League meeting in Poland on Sunday.
Duplantis passed the 6.25m he cleared when retaining his Olympic gold medal in Paris this month. It is the third time this year that the Swede has broken his own record.
The 24-year-old had brought the Stade de France crowd to their feet at the Paris Games, but on Wednesday he had cleared a modest — by his standards — 6.15m to win in Lausanne. At the Silesian Stadium in Chorzow, having jumped 6m, he raised the bar to 6.26m. After a poor first jump he soared over at the second attempt and then raced to the track, falling to the ground in celebration.
The Olympic silver medallist, Sam Kendricks of the United States, cleared 6m before failing at 6.08m to take second, with the Paris bronze medal winner, Emmanouil Karalis, of Greece, finishing third, also clearing 6m.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, meanwhile, continued to enjoy Diamond League success as he smashed the 3,000m world record to seal victory in Poland.
The Norwegian crossed the line in a stunning time of 7:17.55 — beating Daniel Komen’s previous world record by three seconds — and was well clear of second-placed Berihu Aregawi, who finished in 7:21.28. It was a second straight Diamond League victory this week for Ingebrigtsen after a 1,500m triumph in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Thursday.
Great Britain’s Daryll Neita narrowly missed out in the women’s 100m final, finishing fourth, but it was an improvement on Thursday’s disappointing seventh place. After running a season’s-best 10.88sec to triumph in the 100m in Lausanne, Dina Asher-Smith did not compete in Poland after admitting on social media on Saturday that her body needed a “little rest”.
Great Britain’s Jemma Reekie clinched second in the women’s 1,000m with a time of 2:32.56 to finish just behind Kenya’s Nelly Chepchirchir, while Georgia Bell finished third in the women’s 1,500m.