Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record when he cleared 6.25 metres at the third attempt on Monday having retained the Olympic gold medal with a 6.00m leap.
Duplantis had earlier cleared 6.10 to set an Olympic record and, with the entire stadium watching after all other events had finished, he surpassed the 6.24 mark he set in April.
Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson delivered a command performance to win the gold medal in the Olympic 800 metres on Monday and claim her first global title.
Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma won silver in a stunning Olympic debut, with Kenya’s Mary Moraa taking bronze.
The fastest in the world over the distance this year, 22-year-old Hodgkinson took the lead halfway through the first lap and comfortably held off an attack from Duguma to finish in one minute 56.72 seconds.
