Athletics-Swede Duplantis breaks pole vault world record to win gold

Athletics - World Athletics Championships - Men's Pole Vault - Final - Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, U.S. - July 24, 2022 Gold medallist Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates winning the men's pole vault final and setting a new world record REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) -Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record with a jump of 6.21 metres on Sunday on the way to winning his first gold medal at the World Championships.

The Olympic champion cleared 6.00m to make sure of the title, before he set his sights on his own record of 6.20m set at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade earlier this year and improved upon it by 1cm with his second attempt.