Duplantis sets new pole vault world record for 14th time
Duplantis extended his world record by one centimeter for the 14th time, earning a $100,000 bonus and his third consecutive world title at the Tokyo championships.
- Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania won the marathon gold at the World Athletics Championships with a time of 2:09:48, edging out Germany's Amanal Petros by a lean at the finish line despite matching their times exactly.
- The victory by Simbu marked the closest finish in World Championship marathon history, surpassing the famous 2001 finish by a single second, as it was the narrowest margin ever recorded.
- This win is Simbu's first global title, adding to his previous medals, and emphasizes the importance of East African runners in distance events following a recent loss in the 10,000m race.
- Italy's Iliass Aouani secured bronze with a time of 2:09:53, finishing just five seconds behind Simbu.
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By Juan Alvarado, CNN en Español Armand “Mondo” Duplantis continues to make history in the discipline of the pole jump. The 25-year-old Swede won the gold medal at the World Athletics Championship in Japan and, at the same time, added his world record number 14. Since he first surpassed the world brand on February 8, 2020, Duplantis has managed to break his own brand on 13 more occasions, and in each of these he has added an inch of height. So f…
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NolaLouisiana native Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vaulting world record for the 14th time
Armand "Mondo Duplantis, a Louisiana native who competes for Sweden, broke the pole vaulting world record for the 14th time while competing in Tokyo.
The 25-year-old Swede improved his record at the Tokyo World Championship, a month after the previous one.He put the rod in 6.30 meters and plans to go for more.
Mondo Duplantis breaks his own pole vault world record for 14th time, clinches World Championships gold
14th time! Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis has broken the pole vault world record for the 14th time in a little over five years, from 6.17 to 6.30m, being the latest as he won the Gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday, September 16. Duplantis, who was coming off a victory at the Diamond League in Zurich, reached the 6.29m mark at the Gyulai Istvan Memorial in Budapest last month and now has cross it by one more centimetre, …
Duplantis breaks world record again at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo
Armand Duplantis traded handshakes and hugs with the pole vaulters he'd just beaten to capture his third world championship in Tokyo on Monday.He took a leisurely walk toward the stands to talk to his parents, his brother, his fiancee.Then, like any
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