Armand Duplantis brought down the curtain on the World Championships in stunning fashion on Sunday, breaking his own pole vault world record in the final act of the 10-day track and field meet in Eugene.
After the United States claimed emphatic victories in both the men's and women's 4x400 metre relays, Duplantis took centre stage and duly delivered a perfect finale for the first championships on American soil.
The Swede sailed over 6.21 metres to surpass his previous mark by one centimetre - set in March en route to winning gold at the World Indoor Championships - and complete his collection of medals by claiming a first world title."It's great; I cannot complain," Duplantis said. "Actually, I did not think about the record that much today .... I really wanted to win the gold so badly. It was the medal I was missing.American Chris Nilsen took silver with 5.
Unheralded Nigerian Tobi Amusan had earlier stolen the show in the women's 100 metres hurdles, rocketing to a new world record of 12.12 seconds in the semi-finals. She then won the gold in what was initially announced as a world record 12.06, although excessive wind speeds meant her time was ruled out."The goal was to come out and to win this gold.... The world record is a bonus," said Amusan, who finished 0.17 seconds ahead of Jamaican Britany Anderson while Puerto Rico's Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn went home with bronze.
American Athing Mu held off British rival Keeley Hodgkinson to add the world 800 metres title to her Olympic crown while Germany's Malaika Mihambo, also a gold medallist in Tokyo, retained her long jump title.
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