to victory at the stade de france with a clearance of 6m, sam kendricks won silver, greece's emmanouil karalisetain the olympic pole vault title since the american bob richards in 1956 but a sell—out crowd then watched duplantis break the old 0lympic record before clearing 6m 25 to better his own world record. that's the ninth time that the 24—year—old swede has bettered the world mark.

to victory at the stade de france with a clearance of 6m, sam kendricks won silver, greece's emmanouil karalis bronze. duplantis is the first man to retain the olympic pole vault title since the american bob richards in 1956 but a sell—out crowd then watched duplantis break the old olympic record before clearing 6m 25 to better his own world record. that's the ninth time that the 24—year—old swede has bettered the world mark. i guess i have been fortunate enough do it several times now, but every time the feeling is kind of the same. i think this was probably a more extreme version of the feeling, but when i'm going over the bar, it isjust like... it doesn't feel real in a way, so that was more kind of hysteria and freaking out. it was a fantastic spectacle at the stade de france and a very special night for the swedish supporters in the crowd. he is a legend already, but he will be a legend for a long time. yes. i would say he is bigger than inaudible. he needed to challenge himself and win over himself and that wasjust magic, wasn't it? the best ending there could ever be. wonderful! i get g