It was a duel between the two best pole vaulters of all time, the Greek Emmanouil Karalis and the Swedish world record holder Armand Duplantis.
Karalis set a new personal best by three centimetres when he became the second man ever to clear 6.20 and put real pressure on the Swedish superstar.
But Armand Duplantis responded to the challenge, cleared 6.20 and then went over 6.25 on his first attempt, where a highly pumped-up Duplantis saluted the camera while beating his chest.
"Who the hell do you think I am?" he shouted.
Karalis cleared 6.25, and the Swede then raised the bar to the world record height of 6.32. It was too high for the Greek, who failed three times, and the victory thus went to Duplantis.
"I wanted to break the world record today, because this was a historic race. It felt very close. I should be happy, but I don't feel so happy," Duplantis told SVT.
The Swedish world record holder made three good attempts at 6.32 but did not make it and had to settle for victory in a historically strong pole vault competition.
