He hadn’t even stepped onto the mat when a shower of sparklers detonated and meet director Renaud Lavillenie, the Olympic champion in 2012, ran to embrace him.
Duplantis had already won the competition when he cleared 6.01 meters on his first attempt, while Australian Kurtis Marschall finished second with a 5.91-metre leap and the Netherlands’ Menno Vloon finished third.
On his way to winning gold at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Duplantis set the previous record.
Saturday’s effort is the Swede’s sixth world record of his career and the 60th time he has cleared six meters or higher, following his best-ever season debut earlier this month with a 6.10 meters win to delight home fans in Uppsala.
