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 4×400 meter relays, Duplantis took center stage and duly delivered a perfect finale for the first championships on American soil.
It’s great; I cannot complain, Duplantis said. I did not think about the record that much today. I wanted to win the gold so badly. It was the medal I was missing. So when I was on this height, it was like everything came together and it happened from there.
American Chris Nilsen took silver with 5.94 meters on countback from Ernest John Obiena, whose bronze was the first-ever world medal for the Philippines.
Unheralded Nigerian Tobi Amusan had earlier stolen the show in the women’s 100 meters hurdles, rocketing to a new world record of 12.12 seconds in the semi-finals.
