World Record Leap That Bagged Pole Vault Gold

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Armand Duplantis cemented his status as the greatest pole vaulter in history with a superb display at the Paris Olympics.

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The Swede fulfilled a childhood dream as he broke his own pole vault world record to retain his Olympic crown.

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Duplantis, born in the US, was the sole vaulter to go beyond the six-metre mark as the Stade de France witnessed history.

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After bagging the pole vault gold, it was then a case of how high the 24-year-old Duplantis could go in Paris.

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For the unversed, Duplantis set a record of 6.24m in April at the Xiamen Diamon League in China.

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However, he bettered that on his third and final attempt at 6.25m before milking the deafening applause of the crowd.

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His attempt left American Sam Kendricks trailing in a distant silver, with Greece's Emmanouil Karalis in bronze.

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This comes a day after American sprinter Noah Lyles blasted his way into the record books in the men's 100m.

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