The World Athletics Championships in Tokyo continue to inspire excitement in a stadium that four years ago hosted a sad, spectator-less Olympic Games. A stadium where Mondo Duplantis quietly won his first Olympic gold. Now the Swede, a true sports rock star, has managed to break a new world record in front of a devoted crowd. The pole vaulter has won gold for the third time at the World Athletics Championships, surpassing his own world record with 6.30 meters on his third and final attempt. The silver medal went to Greek Emmanouil Karalis—who had a brilliant competition that forced Duplantis to jump more than expected—and the bronze went to Australian Kurtis Marschall (5.95 meters), a personal best.

Three matches. Three wins. 62 goals scored. 17 conceded. These are the group stage figures for the Spanish women's water polo team, which has been competing in the World Cup in Singapore since July 11. With twelve Catalan players, out of the fourteen called up, the team coached by Jordi Valls (Terrassa, 1977) is already preparing for this Saturday's match (2:45 p.m. Spanish time / RTVE Play) against the Netherlands. "They're an opponent at our level who have good players in the two-meter line, good shuttlers, and a game based on speed, counterattacks, and one-on-one play," Valls analyzes.