Sweden's Armand Duplantis soared 6.28 metres to break the world pole vault record at the Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday, the 12th time he has set a new world-best mark. The American-born double Olympic champion improved on his previous record,

Armand Duplantis breaks the men's pole vault record for a 12th time - but for the first time in Sweden - at the Stockholm Diamond League.

On his first attempt, Duplantis cleared the bar which was set 6.28m to a raucous celebration in Stockholm’s Olympic Stadium.