pole vault

Meanwhile, there was more frustration for Britain's Molly Caudery in the women's pole vault as she narrowly missed out on a podium spot.

In the pole vault, Sweden's Duplantis cleared 6.26m, one centimetre higher than his previous best set as he won Olympic gold in Paris earlier this month.

That jump was not the reason he didn't qualify for the pole vault final, which many online felt was a more amusing story to tell.

His pose has been emulated by fellow athletes, with Sweden's pole vault champion Armand Duplantis paying tribute after breaking his own world record at the Games.

“Some consolation prize having your weapon cause you to lose the pole vault. Like a platinum medal, that,” an X user wrote.