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World Records For Duplantis, Alekna And Chebet Ratified By World Athletics

By IANS News September 10, 2025 • 12:46 PM View: 384

World Athletics Continental Tour Gold: World records set by three athletes, Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis, men's discus thrower Mykolas Alekna of Lithuania and Kenyan long-distance runner Beatrice Chebet, have been ratified by the World Athletics.

The 2023 world champion and 2024 Paris Olympic winner, Duplantis set his 13th world pole vault record when he cleared 6.29m during the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Budapest on August 12.

Back at the scene of his 2023 World Championships win, the 25-year-old Swede added one centimetre to his previous world record of 6.28m achieved in Stockholm on June 15.

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