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Sweden&rsquo;s world pole vault record-holder Mondo&nbsp;Duplantis&nbsp;cleared a world lead of 6.06m on his season opener at the All Star Perche, a&nbsp;World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in&nbsp;Clermont-Ferrand, France,&nbsp;on Sunday (22).
Despite suffering sickness in the days leading up to the event, the 26-year-old multiple world and Olympic champion still managed the highest clearance in the world so far this year and went on to have three attempts at a world record height of 6.31m.
Australia&rsquo;s two-time world bronze medallist Kurtis Marschall became the latest member of the six-metre club as he cleared 6.00m on his first attempt to finish second and then had three attempts at 6.06m.
World silver medallist Emmanouil Karalis of Greece placed third on 5.90m.
&ldquo;This competition is very important to me,&rdquo; Duplantis said on the live broadcast. &ldquo;The day before yesterday, I had a bad night with some throwing up. I'm glad that I could take some jumps and be able to win.&rdquo;
Duplantis entered the competition at 5.70m and managed that and 5.90m on his first attempts. His 6.06m clearance came from his third vault of the competition.
His most recent world record was the 6.30m he achieved in September in Tokyo, where he claimed his third consecutive World Championships title and his eighth major senior international title.
He will return to the global stage next month to seek a fourth successive World Indoor Championships title in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland, before an outdoor season that will feature the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest in September.
Before that, he will compete at the Mondo Classic, another World Indoor Tour Silver meeting, in Uppsala on 12 March.
Asked about his targets, he said: &ldquo;Hopefully the 6.31m bar. I would like to get a world record in early. I'm getting married this year, so it would be nice to get a world record bonus to pay for the wedding. I'm joking, but only half joking! But to get a world record &ndash; try to get a 6.31m &ndash; that would be great. I feel really good and I think I'm going to have some really good jumps the next couple of competitions.&rdquo;
Four women cleared 4.76m in the women&rsquo;s contest, which was topped by Czechia&rsquo;s Am&aacute;lie &Scaron;v&aacute;b&iacute;kov&aacute; on countback.
The world fourth-place finisher cleared that season&rsquo;s best height on her first attempt and won ahead of Tina &Scaron;utej, Imogen Ayris and Marie-Julie Bonnin, the mark being a PB for Ayris and a French record for Bonnin that adds one centimetre to the height she cleared to win the world indoor title in Nanjing last year. 
<h2>US quartet clocks 9:14.80 distance medley relay in Indiana</h2>
A US quartet of Brendan Herger, Miles Brown, Camden Law and Trent McFarland teamed up to clock 9:14.80* for the distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational in Notre Dame, Indiana, on Saturday (21).
That time is faster than the ratified outright world record of 9:15.50 achieved by a US team at the 2015 World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas.
A quicker time of 9:14.58 for the event &ndash; which&nbsp;comprises legs of 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m &ndash;&nbsp;was run by another US quartet in Eugene in April 2024 and that mark is pending world record ratification.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

Sweden’s world pole vault record-holder Mondo Duplantis cleared a world lead of 6.06m on his season opener at the All Star Perche

Duplantis starts season with 6.06m in Clermont-Ferrand, US team clocks 9:14.80 distance medley relay

Devynne Charlton, Eliott Crestan and Zaynab Dosso ended their World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold campaigns on a high by clinching statement victories in the final meeting of the series in Toruń on Sunday (22).
Overall tour titles&nbsp;in the scoring disciplines offering a bonus of US$10,000 and wildcard entries for next month&rsquo;s World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 were up for grabs at the Orlen Copernicus Cup, held in the same Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena that will host next month&rsquo;s global showpiece.
Charlton was among the athletes who secured their tour titles with a win in Toruń. The Bahamian two-time world indoor champion and world record-holder became the fastest woman in the 60m hurdles so far this year as she clocked a meeting record of 7.77 to narrowly hold off Switzerland&rsquo;s world 100m hurdles champion Ditaji Kambundji.
It was a battle between the two fastest women in history and Charlton got the better start but Kambundji finished strongly to push her rival close, crossing the line just 0.01 back. Nadine Visser was third in 7.80 and home favourite Pia Skrzyszowska fourth in 7.82. Skrzyszowska had earlier won her heat in 7.83.
The women&rsquo;s 60m is not a scoring discipline on the World Indoor Tour this year but Dosso still made her mark ahead of the World Indoor Championships by setting a meeting and national record of 6.99 to equal the world lead.
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The Italian two-time world indoor medallist dipped under seven seconds for the first time &ndash; becoming the 15th athlete to ever break the barrier &ndash; to beat world indoor bronze medallist Patrizia van der Weken and world 200m silver medallist Amy Hunt who ran respective PBs of 7.01 and 7.04. Home star Ewa Swoboda finished fourth in 7.09.
"Breaking seven seconds for the first time certainly feels special," said Dosso. "Now I feel ready for the World Indoors. The competition will certainly be tough, everyone was setting PBs here, but I am confident about my form."
Belgium&rsquo;s Crestan achieved his third World Indoor Tour Gold meeting win of the season, adding 800m triumph in Toruń to his victories in Ostrava and Li&eacute;vin. That saw him claim the overall tour crown after his clear 1:44.07 win ahead of Polish indoor record-holder Maciej Wyderka (1:44.30).
Since the start of this month, Crestan has achieved three of the six fastest times of the season and three of the 12 fastest indoor performances of all time.
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The women&rsquo;s 1500m tour title had already been secured by Birke Haylom but France&rsquo;s European indoor champion Agathe Guillemot achieved a big confidence-boosting win as she overpowered Ethiopia&rsquo;s two-time world indoor champion Freweyni Hailu to triumph in a PB of 4:00.64.
Hailu and her compatriot Haylom broke away along with Guillemot and Hailu had the lead off the final bend, but Guillemot found a gap on the inside and strode through to win by 0.03. Haylom was third in 4:00.92.
France&rsquo;s Azeddine Habz ran a meeting record of 3:32.56 &ndash; the third-fastest time in the world this year &ndash; to win a dramatic men&rsquo;s&nbsp;1500m.
The 2025 world leader launched himself over the finish line as a fast-finishing Tshepiso Masalela tried to deny him in the closing stages, but Masalela &ndash; making his indoor 1500m debut &ndash; was later disqualified and Habz was confirmed as the winner ahead of Samuel Chapple (3:32.68) and Samuel Pihlstr&ouml;m (3:33.47), who both set national short track records.
European indoor champion Jakub Szymanski got a win on home soil in the men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles, clocking 7.48, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s world indoor silver medallist Nigist Getachew won the women&rsquo;s 800m in an indoor PB of 1:59.32 as the top six all dipped under two minutes.
World 400m hurdles bronze medallist Emma Zapletalova went quickest in the 400m, winning her race in 50.90, but the overall tour title had already been won by Lieke Klaver who ran 51.35 to finish second in the other 400m final behind Lurdes Gloria Manuel (51.17).
USA&rsquo;s Joe Kovacs clinched shot put victory during his European indoor meeting debut. The two-time world champion threw a season&rsquo;s best of 21.92m in the first round and will now aim to secure his spot at the US Championships to compete at his first World Indoor Championships back in Torun next month.&nbsp;
His compatriot Roger Steen, the indoor world leader, was second with a best of 21.62m. Their fellow US thrower Jordan Geist was not competing this time but he clinched the overall World Indoor Tour title thanks to his performances in Ostrava, Madrid and Belgrade.
World silver medallist Maria Zodzik equalled her indoor PB of 1.98m to win the high jump and the overall tour trophy, securing her spot for the World Indoor Championships back on home soil. Jamaica&rsquo;s Lamara Distin was second on countback and Ukraine&rsquo;s Yuliia Levchenko was third, both athletes clearing 1.94m.
European indoor champion Larissa Iapichino leapt to victory and the overall tour title, soaring 6.72m to win the long jump by a single centimetre ahead of world indoor silver medallist Annik K&auml;lin, making her season debut.
Norway&rsquo;s Sondre Guttormsen went into the competition with the overall pole vault tour title secured and he added one more win to his tally in Toruń. He cleared 5.85m to triumph over his brother Simen and USA&rsquo;s Chris Nilsen, who both cleared 5.80m with Nilsen getting the runner-up spot on countback.
The meeting also featured a pentathlon and that was won by Poland&rsquo;s Paulina Ligarska by a single point ahead of Great Britain&rsquo;s Abigail Pawlett &ndash; 4676 to 4675, both PB performances.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7228326/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
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Devynne Charlton, Eliott Crestan and Zaynab Dosso ended their World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold campaigns on a high by clinching statement victories in the final meeting of the series in Toruń

Charlton, Crestan and Dosso close World Indoor Tour Gold in style in Toruń

Harbert Kibet and Caroline Gitonga both moved into the top 10 on the world all-time lists while Yann Schrub and Megan Keith set European records at the 10K Facsa Castell&oacute;n, a World Athletics Label road race, on Sunday (22).
Making his 10km debut, Uganda&rsquo;s 20-year-old Kibet won the race in a world-leading 26:39, a time that makes him the fifth-fastest 10km runner in history &ndash; just one second slower than his compatriot Joshua Cheptegei, the multiple global gold medallist and world 5000m and 10,000m record-holder.
Kibet won by four seconds ahead of Schrub of France, who clocked 26:43 to beat Sweden&rsquo;s Andreas Almgren by two seconds and improve his rival&rsquo;s European record in the process. Almgren ran 26:45 in Valencia last month to improve his own European record and the world 10,000m bronze medallist matched that mark in Castell&oacute;n.
Kenya&rsquo;s Gitonga improved her PB by more than a minute to win the women&rsquo;s race in 29:34 and move to joint ninth on the world all-time list.
She won by 11 seconds ahead of her compatriot Nelvin Jepkemboi, while Ethiopia&rsquo;s Chaltu Dida was third in 29:50 and Great Britain&rsquo;s Keith was fourth in 30:07, taking one second off the European record set by her compatriot Eilish McColgan in Valencia. McColgan ran 30:35 on this occasion to finish sixth, one place behind Purity Gitonga (30:25), twin sister to winner Caroline.
The pacemaker Mike Foppen led a seven-strong leading men&rsquo;s pack through 5km in 13:23 and Almgren and Schrub remained to the fore as the group passed the 7km mark.
Kibet, contesting the longest race of his career so far, started to make a move with around 1.5km remaining and he strode ahead, glancing over his shoulder.
But Almgren and Schrub didn&rsquo;t respond and Kibet won clear in 26:39. Schrub won the battle for the runner-up spot and the European record, moving to sixth on the world all-time list, and he and Almgren were followed over the finish line by Kenya&rsquo;s Silas Senchura (26:58).
In the women&rsquo;s race, Jepkemboi and Caroline Gitonga ran together through the 5km mark in 14:32. Jepkemboi then pushed ahead but she could not maintain that lead and Caroline passed her with what ended up being a winning move.
Caroline built an 11-second lead by the finish line, crossing clear in 29:34 to improve on the PB of 30:46 she set when finishing eighth in Castell&oacute;n last year.
Keith, meanwhile, beat the two athletes who had previously held the European record &ndash; McColgan and Belgium&rsquo;s Jana Van Lent, who ran 30:10 in Nice last month and clocked 30:50 in Castell&oacute;n. Lonah Chemtai Salpeter&rsquo;s 30:05 from Tilburg in 2019 remains the fastest time achieved by a European athlete but that mark was not ratified as a European record.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Caroline Gitonga (KEN) 29:34 2 Nelvin Jepkemboi (KEN) 29:45 3 Chaltu Dida (ETH) 29:50 4 Megan Keith (GBR) 30:07 5 Purity Gitonga (KEN) 30:25 6 Eilish McColgan (GBR) 30:35
Men 1 Harbert Kibet (UGA) 26:39 2 Yann Schrub (FRA) 26:43 3 Andreas Almgren (SWE) 26:45 4 Silas Senchura (KEN) 26:58 5 Biniyam Melak (ETH) 27:10 6 Bereket Nega (ETH) 27:39
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7237361/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a> 
<h2>Mekashu and Dida claim Ethiopian double in Guadalajara</h2>
Kolole Mekashu and Gemechu Dida achieved an Ethiopian double at the XL Medio Marat&oacute;n Internacional Guadalajara Electrolit, a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Sunday (22).
Mekashu clocked a PB of 1:12:49 to win the women&rsquo;s race by four seconds, while Dida ran 1:03:38 to pip Kenya&rsquo;s Isaia Kipkoech Lasoi in a close battle.
Mekashu and Kenya&rsquo;s Mercy Jerop Kwambai ran as part of a group that passed 5km in 17:42, 10km in 35:03 and 15km in 51:56.
Mekashu, Kwambai and Mexican triathlete Anah&iacute; &Aacute;lvarez broke away and &Aacute;lvarez looked to be pushing the pace. But Mekashu and Kwambai were waiting for their moment to kick and they first ran together before Mekashu moved ahead and eventually won by four seconds &ndash; 1:12:49 to 1:12:53.
&Aacute;lvarez gained on Kwambai but ran out of road and finished third in 1:12:54.
The men&rsquo;s race ended in a sprint. Dida and Lasoi ran together as part of a large pack that hit 5km in 15:20 and 10km in 30:36. A breakaway group of six passed the 15km mark in 45:17 and then the race was down to Dida and Lasoi plus Kenya&rsquo;s Moses Kibet and Rhonzas Lokitam Kilimo.&nbsp;
Dida had the strongest finish and he held off Lasoi, both athletes given a finishing time of 1:03:38.
Kibet was five seconds behind them and Kilimo a further three seconds back. Kenya&rsquo;s Victor Kipchirchir was fifth (1:04:10) and Mexico&rsquo;s Antonio Vara was sixth (1:04:40).
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1&nbsp;Kolole Mekashu (ETH) 1:12:49 2 Mercy Jerop Kwambai (KEN) 1:12:53 3&nbsp;Anah&iacute; &Aacute;lvarez (MEX) 1:12:54 4 Adela Honorato (MEX) 1:13:35 5 Marcela&nbsp;&Aacute;lvarez (MEX) 1:13:42 6 Ana Torres (MEX) 1:15:03
Men 1&nbsp;Gemechu Dida (ETH) 1:03:38 2&nbsp;Isaia Kipkoech Lasoi (KEN) 1:03:38 3&nbsp;Moses Kibet (KEN) 1:03:43 4 Rhonzas Lokitam Kilimo (KEN) 1:03:46 5&nbsp;Victor Kipchirchir (KEN) 1:04:10 6 Antonio Vara (MEX) 1:04:40
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7237360/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Harbert Kibet and Caroline Gitonga both moved into the top 10 on the world all-time lists while Yann Schrub and Megan Keith set European records at the 10K Facsa Castellón

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