Armand Duplantis won his third world indoor title

The great superstar of the pole vault and world record holder in the event, Armand Duplantis, won his third world indoor title. The Swede secured the gold medal at the planetary athletics forum in Nanjing (China) with 6.15m, which he cleared on his first attempt. Armand Duplantis then gave up on attempting a new world record.

With his achievement today, Armand Duplantis equaled former world record holder Renaud Lavillenie in the number of world indoor titles won. The Frenchman also has three gold medals from these championships. Only the legend Sergey Bubka has more than Armand Duplantis, who has set foot on the world peak under a roof four times in his illustrious career.

The Swedish athlete recorded another impressive achievement in China today. He achieved his 100th attempt over 6 meters when he cleared 6.05m in Nanjing.

One of the two European champions from Apeldoorn 2025, Emmanouil Karalis, had the race of his life after setting a new Greek national record of 6.05m for second place. Tonight, unlike the continental forum in the Netherlands, he cleared all heights up to 6.05m on his first attempt, then made two faults at 6.10m and one at 6.15m. With his achievement tonight, Emmanouil Karalis tied for seventh place in the all-time world rankings in the pole vault with Maksim Tarasov (Russia), Dmitri Markov (Australia) and Christopher Nilsen (USA).

American Sam Kendricks added another major forum honor to his rich collection after securing bronze with 5.90m.

The other European champion from Apeldoorn, Menno Vloon, came fourth with 5.80m.