What a difference a year makes!
Renaud Lavillenie, the London 2012 Olympic champion, won the European Indoors in March 2013, but had his highest attempt not accepted, a vault over 6.04m, where the bar bounced out of its standard position and returned, but not to it’s standard position. The officials called the vault a miss, which just made Renaud Lavillenie inconsolable.
Now, move to January 2014. On January 25, 2014, in Rouen, France, Renaud Lavillenie clears 6.04 meters on his first attempt at the height, after clearing 6.79m, 6.83m (two attempts), and 6.93m!
Today, in Bydgoszcz,Poland, at the Pedro’s Cup, Renaud Lavillenie cleared. And then, the bar was moved to 6.08 meters. Six meters point 08!
Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.08 meters by a huge amount! He is now the number two vaulter indoors of all times!
More details to come!
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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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