Armand Duplantis broke the men’s pole vault world record for a 13th time – and third this year – with a clearance of 6.29m at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
The 25-year-old double Olympic and world champion cleared 6.28m at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting in June.
But he surpassed that figure with his second attempt in Budapest on Tuesday.
Duplantis first broke the world record, then held by Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie for six years, in February 2020 with a 6.17m clearance in Poland.
His trademark is to progress the record in one-centimetre increments.
Duplantis ran straight to the crowd to celebrate with his family and partner Desire Inglander.
On Saturday, he competes at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland, where he also broke the world record last year.
Duplantis will also bid to become the second man, after Sergey Bubka, to win three successive world outdoor pole vault titles when he competes in Tokyo next month.
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Source: BBC
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