Sweden's Armand Duplantis and Nigeria's Tobi Amusan set world records in pole vault and 100m hurdles respectively on the final day in Eugene.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis and Nigeria's Tobi Amusan have both set world records on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.Amusan ran 12.12 in the semifinals of the 100m hurdlesDuplantis broke his men's pole vault world record with a clearance of 6.21 metres on the way to winning his first world championships gold medal.
The Olympic champion cleared 6.00m to make sure of the title before setting a championship record of 6.06m, edging Australian Dmitri Markov's mark of 6.05m set in Edmonton in 2001. The 22-year-old then moved his sights on his own world record of 6.20m set at the world indoor championships in Belgrade earlier this year and improved upon it by 1 centimetre with his second attempt.
American Chris Nilsen jumped 5.94m to take silver on countback ahead of the Philippines' Ernest John Obiena.Amusan won 100 metres hurdles gold in what was initially announced as a world record 12.06 seconds but later ruled ineligible as the wind speed exceeded the legal limit.Tobi Amusan had a day to remember, with a gold medal and a world record.
She recovered from a slightly slower start to put on a pristine performance over the barriers, 0.17 seconds clear of silver medallist Britany Anderson of Jamaica."The goal was to come out and to win this gold," Amusan said.
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