Stockholm, March 13 -- Sweden's Armand Duplantis added another centimeter to his own pole vault world record, clearing 6.31 meters to win at the Mondo Classic, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Uppsala.
The 26-year-old reigning Olympic and world champion opened with 5.65m and then cleared 5.90m and 6.08m, all on his first attempt, to seal victory. He then raised the bar to 6.31m and cleared it at the first try.
Norway's Sondre Guttormsen finished second with 6.00m, followed by American Zachery Bradford on 5.90m, according to Xinhua.
"If you come to Sweden to compete against me, it will be even harder to beat me," said Duplantis.
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