Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen beat the long-standing 3,000-metre world record by more than three seconds and Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis broke his own world record in the pole vault by jumping 6.26 m at the Silesia Diamond League meeting on Sunday.

Ingebrigtsen crossed the finish line with a time of seven minutes and 17.55 seconds, beating the record set by Kenyan Daniel Komen in 1996 when he ran 7:20.67. It was the longest-standing world record in men’s individual athletics.

The 23-year-old Norwegian was shocked when he crossed the finish line and looked at his time. He put his hands in front of his head in disbelief. Ingebrigtsen received a check for $50,000 and posed with it in front of the clock at the Silesia Stadium in Chorzow.

“It’s a special, incredible feeling. I was hoping to break the world record here, but because of my training I can never predict exactly what time I can achieve,” he said. “I didn’t think I could run 7:17 though. At the beginning the pace felt really fast, but then I started to settle into the race and find a good rhythm.”

“The 3,000 is a tough distance. After four or five laps you feel the lactic acid, but you have to get going. The conditions were difficult today because of the heat, but that’s the same for everyone.”

Three days ago, the Norwegian had taken a small revenge on the American Cole Hocker by winning the 1,500 m in Lausanne in 3:27.83, two weeks after Hocker had surprised the Olympic field in Paris and won gold.

Ingebrigtsen finished ahead of a trio of Ethiopians. Paris Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi finished second with a personal best and the third fastest time in history of 7:21.28. Yomif Kejelcha finished third.

Duplantis has now broken the world record for the tenth time, surpassing the 6.25m he achieved while defending his Olympic title in Paris earlier this month and breaking his own record for the third time this year.

Such is his dominance in the sport that the top 10 marks in this competition all belong to the 24-year-old. The next best mark is 6.16m and is held by French 2012 Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie.

The Swede won the competition with ease with 6.00 m and immediately raised the bar to the world record height of 6.26 m, which he cleared on his second attempt before running to the track and dropping to the ground in celebration.

“I know a lot of people came here to see me jump, so I wanted to give them a good show,” said Duplantis. “This year I was focused on the Olympics, the record came naturally because I was in good shape. So today’s record doesn’t surprise me, but I’m grateful.”