Overview

• Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis won pole vault gold with a first-time clearance at 6.15m before raising the bar to a world-record 6.30m on his third attempt.
• The jump marked his 14th world record and his fourth improvement of the mark in 2025.
• Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis took silver at 6.00m, with Australia’s Kurtis Marschall earning bronze at 5.95m on countback over American Sam Kendricks.
• World Athletics offered a $100,000 bonus for the record in addition to the championship’s $70,000 prize for the gold medallist.
• Duplantis celebrated with rivals and family in a packed National Stadium, reinforcing a dominance that has turned record attempts into the event’s main storyline.