On Sunday morning, French L'Équipe reported that Armand Duplantis had suffered from food poisoning, and it was unclear whether the 26-year-old would be able to compete at the All Star Perche pole vault gala in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
But he did compete - and no signs of illness were noticed when Duplantis entered the second height, 5.70 meters, and cleared it on the first attempt.
The Swedish-American world star cleared 5.80, cleared 5.90 with ease, and rested again at 6.00.
When the bar was raised to 6.06 meters, there were three men left – Australian Kurtis Marschall, Greek Emmanouil Karalis and Duplantis.
There were no difficulties for "Mondo", who once again cleared it on his first attempt.
After clearing 6.00 for the first time in his career, Marschall had to settle there, and even the fourth-best of all time, Karalis, failed to clear the height. The victory thus went to Duplantis, who also set a world best with the jump.
Duplantis also attempted the world record of 6.31 meters, but failed to raise it after three attempts; the record remains at 6.30.
