By Lori Ewing
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Sweden’s world record holder Armand Duplantis claimed his second consecutive world pole vault title on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Olympic champion cleared 6.10 metres to capture the gold. Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines won silver with a jump of 6.00m.
Three days after American Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy decided to share the women’s pole vault gold, there was a tie for bronze between Kurtis Marschall of Australia and Christopher Nilsen of the U.S., who both posted 5.95m.
Duplantis has won 12 of 13 competitions this season, and has cleared 6.00m in 50 different events.
(Reporting by Lori Ewing; Editing by Ken Ferris)
