Duplantis also improved on the overall Swedish national indoor record and achieved the second-highest clearance of his career, including the 19-4.25 (5.90m) effort to set the World U20 overall record in April at the Texas Relays.

American Sam Kendricks and meet host Renaud Lavillenie of France both cleared world-leading marks of 19-5.50 (5.93m), with Kendricks prevailing on fewer attempts. Both had opportunities at 19-7.50 (5.98m), setting up for a thrilling rematch in a week at World Indoors after Kendricks rebounded from a second-place finish Feb. 17 at the USATF Indoor Championships in New Mexico to produce an indoor personal best.

Duplantis finished in a tie for third, but wound up fifth on fewer attempts. Poland's Pawel Wojciechowski and Piotr Lisek, along with France's Axel Chapelle and Kevin Menaldo were also among seven athletes who cleared 19-3.50, producing the deepest men's pole vault competition in history. Lisek entered the meet as the world leader at 19-4.75 (5.91m).

Following her lifetime-best 16-1.25 (4.91m) clearance Feb. 18 to win her first national title at the USATF Indoor Championships, Katie Nageotte won the women's competition with a meet-record 15-11.25 (4.86m) clearance, edging Russia's Anzhelika Sidorova, an authorized neutral athlete, on fewer attempts.

France's Ninon Guillon-Romarin set a national record by clearing 15-5.75 (4.72m).