Sweden’s Armand Duplantis shattered the world record to win the men’s Olympic pole vault gold medal
He shattered his own world record with a jump of 6.25m to defend his title
Earlier, the Swede registered a 6.10m jump, without breaking a sweat, to seal his place at the top of the leaderboard
Duplantis was the sole vaulter to go beyond the 6-metre mark
Sam Kendricks of the USA won silver with a jump of 5.95m
While Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis took bronze with a jump of 5.90m