Duplantis sets new record and retains world title, Beamish stuns El Bakkali

The world athletics championships were, not for the first time, the Armand Duplantis show on Monday although though New Zealand's Geordie Beamish did his best to share the spotlight after a shock win in the 3,000 metres steeplechase.

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Duplantis kept the drama going to the end in Tokyo after the Swede retained his crown he went on to break the world record for the 14th time, on his third and final attempt at 6.30 metres.

The 53,000-strong crowd had stayed rooted to their seats even though the action on the track had ended long before.

They witnessed Duplantis jumping into the stand and enjoying a long and passionate kiss with his fiancee Desire Inglander before embracing his parents.

Beamish had been a great warm-up act.

The long-haired Kiwi beat two-time defending champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco by a hair's breadth on the line to deliver New Zealand their first ever world track gold.

Swiss 100m hurdler Ditaji Kambundji sprangan even bigger surprise in her final, the 23-year-old giving her country their first medal in the hurdles.