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After scraping through the semifinals as the sixth-fastest qualifier, world record-holder Ja&rsquo;Kobe Tharp rebounded to win the men&rsquo;s 110m hurdles final at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26.
It initially appeared as though Cordell Tinch had clinched the title as the world champion started celebrating the moment he crossed the line, but the slow-motion replay confirmed that Tharp&rsquo;s late charge for the line had resulted in victory in 12.94 (-0.6m/s) to Tinch&rsquo;s 12.95.
The race got away at the second time of asking after European champion Jason Joseph was disqualified for a false start. Bradley Franklin &ndash; who had impressed in the heats by becoming the 33rd member of the sub-13-second club, winning in 12.99 &ndash; once again got off to a strong start, as did Tharp.
Franklin faltered in the closing stages, allowing Tinch to charge past his US compatriot. But Tharp&rsquo;s closing speed was superior and he just caught Tinch on the line.
Franklin&rsquo;s 12.99 in the semifinals made him the fifth athlete this year &ndash; a record number &ndash; to break 13 seconds. That record was improved in the final as Tinch became the sixth man to better that mark.
Franklin finished third in the final in 13.01, 0.07 ahead of Trey Cunningham in a race where US athletes filled the top four places.
"It sounds strange to be the NCAA champion only and then to win the Ultimate Championship, but my coach and I wanted to come out here and get the win &ndash; and I did it by a lean," said Tharp. "If I had lost this race, it would have been the only championship that I have lost this year. I ran as hard as I could from the last hurdle to the finish line to get my way.
"Right now, I am much more excited for my future in athletics, even though I am still going to classes," added Tharp. "Can you believe that I did my homework this morning? It was geography, English, the boring stuff. I had much more fun here!"
Tinch was magnanimous in defeat. &ldquo;I thought I did it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d still like to see the photo-finish, but I can&rsquo;t complain. This was the first time this year I felt I was running the race the same way I was running all races last year. The Ultimate Championship is about showing the best version of yourself, so I can&rsquo;t be mad to finish the year with a season&rsquo;s best.&rdquo;
Jon Mulkeen for World Athletics

After scraping through the semifinals as the sixth-fastest qualifier, world record-holder Ja’Kobe Tharp rebounded to win the men’s 110m hurdles

Tharp times finish to perfection to win Ultimate 110m hurdles title

Swedish star Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.20m to add another pole vault title to his remarkable collection at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26 on Friday (11).
Vaulting to the sounds of his own song Gold, the <a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-ultimate-championship/2026/news/press-releases/ultimate-anthem-gold-mondo-duplantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ultimate Anthem</a> which he wrote and recorded, Duplantis achieved a perfect scorecard up to his winning height and went on to attempt a world record of 6.32m.
That would have been his 16th world record and while it wasn&rsquo;t to be on a chilly Friday evening at the Gyula Zsivotzky National Athletics Centre, the 26-year-old had the title secured &ndash; adding the Ultimate crown to his two Olympic titles, three world gold medals and four world indoor wins.
Greece&rsquo;s Emmanouil Karalis fought hard in an attempt to beat him, soaring clear at 6.15m, but that remained his best and so the recent Diamond League champion finished second ahead of Norway&rsquo;s Sondre Guttormsen (5.95m). Guttormsen finished third on countback as he cleared the same height as Kurtis Marschall and Zach Bradford, making it just the second competition in history, and the first outdoors, in which five athletes cleared 5.95m or higher.
Budapest is where Duplantis claimed the second of his world titles and set the 13th of his world records and he enjoyed an emphatic return. Competing for the first time since withdrawing from the Diamond League Final due to some tightness in his leg, he opened his campaign at 5.60m and cleared that first time.
Duplantis then passed at 5.80m and cleared 5.95m, 6.05m and 6.15m, all also on his first attempts, but he still had Karalis for company.
Karalis &ndash; who sits second on the world all-time list with 6.20m achieved in Zurich &ndash; later explained how he had been dealing with a small issue with his leg and back, but he cleared 6.05m on his third and final attempt to keep his dream alive. Like Duplantis, he also cleared 6.15m on his first try but his campaign came to an end after one attempt at 6.20m and two at 6.25m.
With the win secured, Duplantis skipped straight to 6.32m, receiving good luck wishes from Sergey Bubka during a crowd interview with the Ukrainian pole vault great before Duplantis took his second attempt at the historic height.
"I approached this event with a combination of a lot of nerves and excitement," said Duplantis. "This was a missing piece for me, to become the Ultimate champion.
"With Manolo (Karalis), I just want to give a huge shout-out to him and his team, and give a big hats-off for what they accomplished throughout this year. Pole vault is always the most exicting event out there but it is totally different now.
"I'm going to sing the anthem (Gold) on Sunday, so now I will be enjoying the city and getting some sleep."
Jess Whittington for World Athletics

Mondo Duplantis cleared 6.20m to add another pole vault title to his remarkable collection at the World Athletics Ultimate Championship Budapest 26

Duplantis remains pole vault king with Ultimate win in Budapest

Italy&rsquo;s Larissa Iapichino crowned a season defined by class and consistency with women&rsquo;s long jump victory at World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Friday night (11), her opening-round effort of 6.90m (0.6m/s) giving her the top prize of US$150,000.
In the absence of world champion Tara Davis-Woodhall, who had to withdraw following a recent car accident, Iapichino claimed the Ultimate trophy ahead of Britain&rsquo;s Jazmin Sawyers (6.78m) and USA&rsquo;s Alyssa Jones (6.77m).
The revised format for the Ultimate Championship was always going to create immense jeopardy and one of those who fell victim to it was USA&rsquo;s Monae&rsquo; Nichols, the Diamond League champion, who opened with 6.39m followed by 6.33m.
That put her in seventh place, with only the top six athletes getting a third attempt and only the top four getting a fourth.
Iapichino had taken command of the competition with her opening jump and she followed that with 6.76m before fouling her final two attempts, while Sawyers jumped her best of 6.78m (0.9m/s) in the final round.
Jones jumped her best of 6.77m (0.1m/s) in the opening round and, curiously, that effort was intrinsically a longer jump from toe-to-landing than Iapichino&rsquo;s best &ndash; the Italian leaving no distance on the board for her opener but Jones taking off 14.1cm behind it.
France&rsquo;s Hilary Kpatcha took fourth with 6.73m while USA&rsquo;s Claire Bryant was fifth with 6.52m.
&ldquo;I am adding a new title to my family and I'm really happy to win from my first attempt,&rdquo; said Iapichino, who also won the European title in Birmingham last month. &ldquo;The whole competition was so cool &ndash; having the attention for us long jumpers is always important so the atmosphere was great and the crowd was amazing. I love the pink sand. Can we have it more often?&rdquo;
Sawyers was equally impressed by the staging, if not overjoyed by her performance. &ldquo;Once I made it into the event, I realised I actually really wanted to win it and so there is still some disappointment,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;But when I zoom out and look at the season as a whole, that is a great result.&rdquo;
Sawyers said the stadium looked &ldquo;pretty impressive, so cool&rdquo; and that it was a &ldquo;wow moment&rdquo; when she walked out. &ldquo;I hope it comes across the same to everybody else because it was wonderful to be out there.&rdquo;
Cathal Dennehy for World Athletics

A week after surrendering her Diamond League title, Larissa Iapichino earned the biggest victory of her career to date

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
World Athletics Ultimate Championship	Nemzeti	HUN	11 Sep 2026
AHA tyčka a VC města Vyškova ve skoku vysokém	Atletický	CZE	10 Sep 2026
Indian Athletics Final Series	Jawaharlal	IND	10 Sep 2026
II^ Sabia Day	Campo	ITA	09 Sep 2026
Maloyan Brothers Memorial	City	ARM	08 Sep 2026

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