French athlete Kevin Mayer has broken the decathlon world record with a terrific performance at the Decastar meeting in Bordeaux.
The reigning world champion finished with 9126 points, bettering the mark of 9045 set by American Ashton Eaton in 2015.
Mayer, who also won the world indoor heptathlon title in Birmingham earlier this year, produced personal bests in four of the ten events.
Resuming this morning's events after an impressive first day, Mayer ran a 13:75 110m hurdles, threw 50.54m and 71.90m in the discus and javelin respectively, and cleared 5.45m in the pole vault.
That meant the 26-year-old arrived at the final event, the 1500m, needing to run 4:49 to break the world record, and he did so comfortably, crossing the line in 4:36:11.
Remarkably, it was the second athletics world record of the day, coming just hours after Kenyan Eluid Kipchoge smashed the record for the marathon with a run of 2:01:39 in Berlin.
