Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for 14th time, wins 3rd straight world title

by sportswriters Wang Zijiang and Yue Chenxing

TOKYO, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- He jumped. He shouted. He opened his arms to the roar of more than 50,000 fans inside Tokyo's National Stadium on a humid Monday night.

Armand Duplantis won again. And once more, he broke the world record. It was the 14th time the Swede has rewritten the men's pole vault world mark since February 2022, when it stood at "just" 6.17 me