Pole Vault

Dominant Duplantis has 'high expectations' in Tokyo world c'ships

The US-born Swede has been in electric form, setting a 13th world record, of 6.29 metres, in Budapest on Tuesday to further seal his claim as one of the best track and field athletes in history.

Duplantis does it again, breaks pole vault world record for the 13th time

It was the 25-year-old's third record of 2025 having also cleared 6.27m in Clermont-Ferrand in February.

Duplantis sets new world pole vault record

Olympic champion Duplantis improved his own record of 6.21m that he set in winning the world title outdoors in Oregon last year.