Swedish high-flyer Duplantis World crowned an exciting afternoon of world-class athletics at Silesia Diamond League Meeting in Poland on Sunday (25 August).

The two-time Olympic pole vault champion improved the world record he set in Paris in 2024 with a jump of 6.26 m by one centimeter.

Middle distance superstar Jakob Ingebrigtsen also caused a sensation when he went down in history with a world record in the men’s 3,000 m race.

Ingebrigtsen beat the previous record by almost four seconds. Kenya’s Daniel Komen reset in 1996.

As the seven-and-a-half lap race came to an end, it seemed inevitable that Ingebrigtsen was on his way to a special time. Ingebrigtsen came into the finish line alone in the lead, together with the Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi meters behind.

The 23-year-old crossed the finish line before grabbing his head in disbelief as he looked at the clock, which showed a time of seven minutes, 17.55 (7:17.55).

Aregawi finished three seconds behind him and achieved a national record of 7:21.28 with his compatriot Yomif Kejelcha and completed the podium with a time of 7:28.44.

“It’s a special, incredible feeling! I had hoped to break the world record here, but because of my training I can never predict exactly what time I can achieve,” said Ingebrigtsen after his record run.

“I never imagined I could run 7:17 though. At the beginning the pace felt really fast, but then I slowly got into the race and found a good rhythm. Now I want to break world records at all distances, but one step at a time.”

The men’s 800 m also offered a firework display with Canada’s Marco Arop Revenge on the Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi thanks to a dominant victory in the two-lap race.

Wanyonyi finished ahead of Arop in the final Paris-2024 before setting the fourth fastest time of all time in Lausanne on August 22nd.

Arop took control early in the race and had built up an unassailable lead by the finish line, crossing the line in a meeting record of 1:41.86. Wanyonyi was second in 1:43.23.