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Athletissima Lausanne Interviews:Renaud Lavillenie, World Indoor, Euro & Olympic champ, Pole Vault, interview en francais and english, courtesy of Athletissima, note by Larry Eder

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August 22, 2012
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Renaud Lavillenie, photo by PhotoRun.net (Rome 2012 Golden Gala)

Renaud Lavillenie is the le roi de pole vault. In 2012, Lavillenie has won the World Indoors (March), the Euro champs (June) and now the Olympics (August). He wants victory in the Samsung Diamond League as well. 

Here is his interview en francais at anglais. Lavillenie speaks French and English with seemingly equal presence. Thanks to Athletissima press team for their superb work with the interviews.  

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Renaud Lavillenie – 22.08.2012 – 13h30-13h55 (français)


« Hier je me suis rendu à l’entraînement des jeunes en hélicoptère. C’était un cadeau exceptionnel de Jacky Delapierre. Â»


«  Piloter un hélicoptère est quelque chose de nouveau pour moi alors que cela fait 20 ans que je saute. Piloter demande une grande concentration et beaucoup de finesse. Â»


« Après mes succès de la saison, je suis retombé sur terre. Je décompresse et je me suis peu entraîné ces derniers temps. Je reste sur mes acquis de la saison. Mon but maintenant est de me faire plaisir. Â»


« Sauter 5,92m soit 1cm de plus que le record du meeting est une idée qui me trotte dans la tête. Cependant, ce n’est pas mon objectif principal. Je souhaite avant tout marquer des points pour rester en tête de la Diamond League. Je me connais, je vais me battre dur pour y arriver. Â»


« Si les Allemands me poussent, je vais tout faire pour contrer leurs attaques. Mais il serait bon que d’autres compétiteurs soient de la partie. Â»


« Au début de saison, j’avais 4 objectifs : les championnats du monde en salle, les championnats d’Europe, les JO et la Diamond League. Ma motivation est encore très bonne car je peux me concentrer uniquement sur cet ultime objectif. De plus, je veux tout donner avant les vacances de septembre. Â»


« La fin de saison dépend non seulement de ma préparation mais aussi de mes performances des derniers mois. Franchir la barre des 5,83 lors de mon dernier meeting était une surprise puisque je visais plutôt les 5,70. Comme c’est une discipline technique, j’arrive à m’en sortir même si je suis parfois fatigué. J’ai assez de recul pour savoir quand je dois m’arrêter car je ne veux pas me blesser. Â»


« Je n’ai pas peur lorsque je saute. On ne franchit pas la barre des 6 mètres du jour au lendemain, c’est un processus qui se fait pas à pas. Le risque que la barre se casse fait partie du métier et j’essaie de ne pas y penser. Â»


« Je ne rêve pas du record mais plutôt du saut parfait Â».


« J’ai la faculté de m’adapter à de nombreuses situations. Cet été j’ai eu peu de conditions similaires durant les concours. Comme j’ai fait beaucoup de sauts à l’entraînement, cela m’a permis de trouver de bons repères. Au début de saison, j’étais l’un des rares à passer les 5,80m. Par la suite, mes adversaires se sont améliorés et rapprochés de mes performances. Etant donné que j’ai aussi progressé, je me retrouve par conséquent légèrement au-dessus d’eux. Â»



Renaud Lavillenie – 22.08.2012 – 13h30-13h55 (English)


« Yesterday I flew in a helicopter to reach the youth training. It was an amazing gift from Jacky Delapierre.”


“Flying a helicopter is quite new to me whereas I have been pole jumping for the past 20 years. Flying a helicopter requires an intense concentration and a lot of finesse.”


“After my good results of the season, I have my feet back on the ground. I have been relaxing and have not trained much lately reflecting on what I have achieved throughout the season. Now, I just want to enjoy myself.”


Clearing 5,92m which is 1 cm higher than the meeting’s record is something I think about, but it is not my primary objective. My main objective is to earn points to remain at the top of the Diamond League ranking. I know myself, I will work hard towards it.”


“If the Germans push me, I will compete hard against them. But it would be good to have other competitors as well.”


“I had four objectives at the beginning of the season: Indoor World Championships, European Championships, Olympic Games and the Diamond League. My motivation still remains intact because I can now focus only on the last objective. I also want to give my best before the September holidays.”


“The end of the season depends not only on my preparation but also on my past performances. I was quite surprised to clear 5,83m during my last meeting whereas I was hoping to clear 5,70m. As it is a technical discipline, I manage to perform well even though I am tired. I know myself well enough to know when I should stop training to avoid injuries”


“I am not afraid of jumping. One does not clear 6m overnight, it is a progressive process. The risk of breaking the vault is part of the game and I try not to think about it.”


“I do not dream about breaking the record but rather about the perfect jump.”


“I have the ability to adapt to various situations. This summer I have encountered various conditions during the meetings. As I do a lot of jumping during practices, it allows me to adapt. At the beginning of the season I was one of the few who cleared 5m80. Following this, my competitors have improved and their performances have got closer to mine. As I continued to progress, my performances are still slightly above those of my competitors.

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  • Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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