2023-07-21 22:08:00
Surprising evening at the Louis-II stadium. The Herculis meeting pole vaulting competition experienced a small sensation with the first defeat since September 2022 of star Armand Duplantis. The Swedish world record holder only cleared 5.72m before failing twice at 5.92m then once at 6.02m, leaving the victory to American Chris Nilsen (5.92m). Duplantis, slightly affected in the hamstrings, took only 4th place behind Ernest John Obiena (5.82m) and Kurtis Marschall (5.82m).
For his part, Renaud Lavillenie did not shine. For his penultimate competition before the World Athletics Championships in Budapest (August 19-27), the Clermontois stumbled three times at 5.62m. He took last place in the competition. Thibaut Collet (5.62m) took 8th place.
“There is still disappointment, when the conditions were well met. But here, I know that there is still work to do. Physically, it is getting better and better and nothing tells me that I cannot do 5.80m. Now, I have to put things in place, find the right markers of commitments on my last strides and manage to start my jumps, “analyzed Lavillenie to Canal +.
“There is not much missing and we are more and more frustrated with the coach because we feel that it is not at all. Now I have a knife to my throat, I only have one competition left before the Worlds, so I will have to move to France. “
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