Pole vault king Duplantis sees off Karalis for third world indoor gold

Duplantis vaulted a best of 6.15 metres for gold, his seventh global title, but was made to work all the way by Karalis, who took silver with a new personal best of 6.05m. American Sam Kendricks rounded out the podium with a best of 5.90m. Duplantis, 25, sat out the opening height of 5.50m, along with Karalis. The rest of the 12-strong field competed, although France's Thibaut Collet needed two bites of the cherry and team-mate Baptiste Thiery, who had posted the joint fourth highest vault this season coming into China...