Sergey Bubka's pole vault record broken by Renaud Lavillenie

Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie has broken Sergey Bubka's 21-year-old pole vault world record with a 6.16m leap in the Ukrainian's home city of Donetsk.

The Frenchman, 27, cleared the height on his first attempt to go one centimetre higher than the record Bubka set indoors in February 1993.

Former Olympic champion Bubka also held the world outdoor record of 6.14m, achieved in Italy in 1994.

Marks set indoors or out are accepted as world records in the pole vault.

Lavillenie wrote on Twitter:  "World record! 6.16 at my first attempt! That's incredible. I'm still in the air."

Bubka was a pioneer of the sport, becoming the first man to clear 6.00m, and was in Donetsk to witness Lavillenie eclipse his record.

The six-time outdoor world champion, and 1998 Olympic gold medallist, broke the men's pole vault world record 35 times during his career, 17 times outdoors and 18 indoors.