Bronze in Press/Sports / 2026 / Press / Sports

The Other Record

  • Prize
    Bronze in Press/Sports
  • Photographer
    TAKAYUKI MEGURO, Japan
  • Date of Photograph
    2025/09/15

At the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Armand Duplantis soared in the men's pole vault final, clearing 6.30m and breaking the world record, a leap that sent the stadium into thunderous celebration. Yet at that very instant, another contest erupted on the ground: a surge of media crews, bodies pressed together, each racing to preserve that fleeting miracle. This photograph captures two records intertwined—the athletic feat that redefined human limits, and the collective pursuit of preserving that moment for history.

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