Tokyo, Sept. 16 -- The third day of the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo produced five gold medals, highlighted by Sweden's Armand Duplantis clearing 6.30 meters to break the men's pole vault world record for the 14th time in his career.
China also celebrated its first medals of the Tokyo worlds as Zhao Jie and Zhang Jiale claimed silver and bronze in the women's hammer throw on Monday.
Olympic champion Duplantis once again proved unstoppable. Greece's Emmanouil Karalis secured silver with 6.00 meters, while Australia's Kurtis Marschall equaled his personal best of 5.95 to take bronze.
After clinching the title with a first-time clearance at 6.15 meters, Duplantis missed twice at 6.30 before soaring over on his third attempt to set...