• Renaud Lavillenie was the 2012 Olympic champion.
• Lavillenie ran to embrace him as soon as he touched the mat after a spray of sparklers went off.
• Duplantis Olympic champion knocked the bar in his first two attempts at the height.

Armand Duplantis of Sweden multiplied his previous record by one centimetre on Saturday at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver competition in Clermont-Ferrand, France, by clearing 6.22 metres.

The 23-year-old Olympic champion knocked the bar in his first two attempts at the height but cleared it with room to spare on the third attempt, eliciting a cheer as the crowd went into a frenzy of celebration.

🚨 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐃𝐔 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄 ! 🌎

🤩 Phénoménal ! 🇸🇪 Armand Duplantis est sur le toit du monde à Clermont-Ferrand en s’élevant à 6️⃣,2️⃣2️⃣ m !

Il faudra bientôt relever le plafond ! 😱

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Renaud Lavillenie, the 2012 Olympic champion, who was the meet director, ran to embrace him as soon as he touched the mat after a spray of sparklers went off.

When Duplantis cleared 6.01 metres on his first attempt, he had already won the contest. Kurtis Marschall of Australia came in second with a leap of 5.91 metres, and Menno Vloon of the Netherlands came in third.

On his way to winning the gold medal at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in July, Duplantis broke the previous record.

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