Athletics: New world records for Ingebrigtsen in 3,000m, Duplantis in pole vault

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the long-standing world record in the 3,000 meters by more than three seconds, while Sweden's Mondo Duplantis broke his own men's pole vault world record by clearing 6.26 meters at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Sunday.

Ingebrigtsen finished in a time of seven minutes, 17.55 seconds, erasing the mark set by Kenya's Daniel Komen in 1996 when he crossed the line in seven minutes, 20.67 seconds. It was the longest-standing men's athletics world record in individual track events.

The 23-year-old Norwegian was in shock when he crossed the line and looked at his time, putting his hands on his head in disbelief. Ingebrigtsen received a cheque for $50,000 and posed with it in front of the clock at the Silesia Stadium in Chorzow, Poland.

"It feels special, amazing. I was hoping to challenge the world record here but, based on my training, I can never predict exactly what kind of time I am capable of," he said.

"I would not have imagined I could run 7:17, though. At the beginning the pace felt really fast, but then I started to feel my way into the race and found a good rhythm. (The) 3,000 is a tough distance. After four, five laps, you feel the lactic acid, but you need to get going. The conditions were difficult with the heat today, but it is the same for everyone."

Three days earlier, the Norwegian had exacted a small measure of revenge over American Cole Hocker by winning the 1,500 meters in Lausanne in 3:27.83, two weeks after Hocker shocked the Olympic field to claim gold in Paris.

Ingebrigtsen finished ahead of a trio of Ethiopians, with Paris Olympics 10,000m silver medalist Berihu Aregawi second in a personal best 7:21.28, the third-fastest time in history. Yomif Kejelcha was third.

Duplantis broke the men's pole vault world record for the 10th time, beating the 6.25 meters he cleared after defending his Olympic title in Paris earlier this month, marking the third time this year he has broken his own record.

Such is his dominance in the sport that the top 10 marks in the event all belong to the 24-year-old. The next best effort is 6.16 meters, held by France's 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie.

The Swede easily won the competition at 6.00 meters and immediately moved the bar to the world record height of 6.26, clearing it on his second attempt before he raced to the track and fell to the ground in celebration.

"I know a lot of people came here to see me jump, so I wanted to put in a good showing for them," Duplantis said.

"This year I focused on the Olympics. The record just came naturally because I was in good shape. So I am not surprised with the record today, but I am thankful," he added.