The 24-year-old cleared a pole vault leap of 4.92m at the Toulouse Capitole Perche for the highest women’s pole vault clearance since 2021 and beat Tokyo Games bronze medallist Holly Bradshaw’s previous British record of 4.90m.

Caudery had already secured victory with an initial clearance at 4.61m but continued to push for more and persevered in the rainy conditions. France’s Marie-Julie Bonnin finished second, with 4.51m.

Caudery, who said she aimed to clinch her first Olympic medal in Paris after winning the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March, has taken the current world lead with the seventh best jump of all time.

The Briton cleared 4.73m to win bronze at the European Championships in Rome earlier in June. Her previous best was 4.86m, set in Rouen in February.