Duplantis breaks pole vault record for 15th time

Sweden's Armand Duplantis broke his own pole vault world record for the 15th time on Thursday with a jump of 6.31 metres.

The two-time Olympic gold champion cleared the height at the IFU Arena in Uppsala in the Mondo Classic - an indoor pole vault-only event in Sweden named after him.

Duplantis, 26, has increased the world record by the minimum one-centimetre margin on all 15 occasions he has broken it.

Before Duplantis' run, the world record had been held by Renaud Lavillenie of France since he jumped 6.16m in 2014.

More to follow.