Overview

• He began his series of jumps with misses at 5.62 m and 6.11 m before clearing the record height on his second attempt.
• He captured earlier world records this year with 6.27 m in March at Clermont-Ferrand and 6.28 m in June in Stockholm.
• This mark extends his pattern of small increments to 13 career world records since first surpassing 6.17 m in February 2020.
• Simon Batz won the long jump with 8.07 m, Bence Halasz took the hammer throw at 83.18 m, and Merlin Hummel finished fourth.
• Duplantis heads to Tokyo aiming for a third consecutive outdoor world title when the championships begin on September 13.