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.