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LONDON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Sam Kendricks of the United States claimed the title of men's pole vault at the World Athletics Championships here on Tuesday.
Kendricks, who won bronze in the 2016 Rio Olympics, cleared 5.95 meters for the gold. Poland's Piotr Lisek took silver with 5.89 and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie of France won bronze.
China's Xue Changrui, who was sixth in Rio, finished fourth with 5.82, breaking the national record of 5.81 he set early last year. This was the best result Chinese athlete achieved in this event at World Championships or Olympic Games.
