When is pole vault final

He tried twice more but it was not to be. I'm not going to sit here and complain," he said. He became the first world record holder to win Olympic gold in the men's pole vault since Sergey Bubka in in Seoul.

American Chris Nilsen cleared the bar at 5. Brazil's Thiago Braz, who won the title at his home Olympics in Rio de Janeiro five years ago, took bronze with his effort of 5. It was a difficult night for Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie, the Olympic gold medallist and silver winner in Rio. Lavillenie sprained his ankle two weeks ago and had a hard time in the qualifying, failing in his first two attempts to clear 5.

It did not get any better for him in the final, though, as he visibly struggled with the injury and could complete only one of his attempts at 5. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox. Two-time world champion Kendricks was withdrawn from the Games after his positive test, a fate that also befell Argentina's German Chiaraviglio.

France's Renaud Lavillenie, the gold medallist who won silver in Rio, did not make it easy for himself, failing twice at his entry height of 5. There was no such luck for Poland's Pawel Wojciechowski, the world champion in , who bailed out at the same height.

Poland's Piotr Lisek and US pair Christopher Nilsen and Kc Lightfoot also went through along with Ernest Obiena, bidding to become the first track and field athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic medal for 85 years.

Duplantis is the only man to have gone over six metres this year, but there are four through who have reached that milestone outdoors at some stage in their careers. Just as Real Sociedad were contemplating opening a three-point advantage over Real Madrid and Sevilla at the top, Athletic Bilbao levelled in stoppage time.