Sweden’s powerhouse pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has stunned Paris 2024 with a jaw-dropping world record jump.
After winning the gold medal, Duplantis kept raising the bar, eventually bettering his own pole vault world record.
Such was his dominance, he had the gold medal locked away after his first-time clearance at 6m.
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He then raised the bar to 6.10m and promptly shattered the Olympic record at the first time of asking.
Not satisfied with that, Duplantis had the bar lifted all the way to 6.25m, which was 1cm than the most most recent world mark he set in China earlier this year.
There was electricity in Stade de France and a blast of French 60s rock icon Johnny Hallyday got the crowd fired up as they watched the 24-year-old narrowly miss his first two attempts at 6.25m.
But he then soared over the bar with his third and final attempt, causing scenes of delirium.
“He nearly jumped out of the stadium,” commentator Eddie McGuire said.
“Sport at its greatest.”
Duplantis, after realising he had just claimed his ninth world record, then bolted off to hug his parents and girlfriend, sparking a media frenzy.
Australian Kurtis Marschall battled through the pain from the ankle he dislocated earlier this year to finish a creditable sixth.
Marschall’s best moment of Monday night’s competition came with a first-time clearance at 5.85m after he had passed his final two attempts at 5.80m.
But the 2023 world championships bronze medallist was unable to go any higher, bowing out with two unsuccessful attempts at 5.95m.
It was still a massive improvement from Marschall’s performance in the Tokyo Olympics final three years ago, when he failed to register a height.
The Australian badly dislocated his left ankle in a fall at the national championships in April and it has continued to trouble him ever since.
Duplantis added a second successive Olympic gold to his two world championships, all achieved before the age of 25.
The minor medals went to American Sam Kendricks (5.95m) and Emmanouil Karalis from Greece (5.90m).
– With AAP
