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Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis bettered his own pole vault world record as he soared to gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, but Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen's bid to further underline his 1500m dominance came a cropper. US-born Duplantis cleared 6.20 metres at the third time of asking, 1cm better than his previous best set in the same Stark Arena in Belgrade just two weeks ago. As soon as main rivals Chris Nilsen and Thiago Braz had fallen by the wayside, Duplantis had no hesitation about raising the bar to a record height.

Lorraine Ugen and Marc Scott lift the gloom for Great Britain

Lorraine Ugen doesn’t have a sponsor, but as of Sunday evening she does have another World Indoor bronze medal. With it, the long jumper was able to lift a little of the gloom around Britain’s team in Belgrade.

Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record

Sweden's Mondo Duplantis bettered his own pole vault world record as he soared to gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, but Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen's bid to further underline his 1500m dominance came a cropper. US-born Duplantis cleared 6.20 metres at the third time of asking, 1cm better than his previous best set in the same Stark Arena in Belgrade just two weeks ago. As soon as main rivals Chris Nilsen and Thiago Braz had fallen by the wayside, Duplantis had no hesitation about raising the bar to a record height.

Duplantis sets 'dream' world record, but Ingebrigtsen beaten

BELGRADE: Sweden's Mondo Duplantis bettered his own pole vault world record as he soared to gold at the World Indoor Championships on Sunday, but Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen's bid to further underline his 1500m dominance came a cropper.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen cut down late as Samuel Tefera takes gold in 1500m at World Athletics Indoor Championships

Jakob Ingebrigtsen had to settle for silver behind Samuel Tefera in the final of the men’s 1500m at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade. The exciting Norwegian looked good for much of the race, but he could not break away from the chasers and an excellent finishing kick from Tefera secured gold for the Ethiopian in a championship-record time of 3:32.77. Ad/> “It is a medal so it is a start, but I am a little disappointed,” Ingebrigtsen told the BBC.

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Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record

Lorraine Ugen and Marc Scott lift the gloom for Great Britain

Pole Vaulter Mondo Duplantis Sets 'Dream' World Record

Duplantis sets 'dream' world record, but Ingebrigtsen beaten

Jakob Ingebrigtsen cut down late as Samuel Tefera takes gold in 1500m at World Athletics Indoor Championships

Yulimar Rojas breaks triple jump world record at world indoor championships

Marc Scott claims Great Britain’s first medal in Belgrade with 3000m bronze

World Athletics Indoor Championships: Britain's Marc Scott wins 3,000m bronze