Men’s marathon proves closer than men’s 100m final as it ends in a photo finish, a first for a major championship
Armand “Mondo” Duplantis successfully defended his pole vault title at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday, before celebrating in style by breaking his own world record.
In another totally dominant display, Sweden’s Duplantis was the sole athlete to clear 6.15 metres while Greece’s Emmanouil Karalis took silver with a best of 6.00m and Australian Kurtis Marschall claimed bronze with 5.95m on countback from American Sam Kendricks.
Duplantis was not finished there, and cleared 6.30m on his third and final attempt to set his 14th world best in the past five years.
Earlier, the men’s marathon had ended in a photo finish, in a first for a major championship marathon as Alphonce Felix Simbu claimed Tanzania’s maiden world title.
