Athletics - Diamond League - Rome - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - September 17, 2020 Sweden's Armand Duplantis reacts during the men's pole vault REUTERS/Ciro De Luca
ROME (Reuters) - American-born Swede Armand Duplantis produced the highest-ever outdoor pole vault jump on Thursday when he cleared 6.15 metres to win gold at the Rome Diamond League meeting and continue his remarkable, unbeaten season.
The 20-year-old cleared the bar at the second attempt with room to spare and was only three centimetres short of the world record he set indoors in Glasgow in February.
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