Renaud Lavillenie He was left without an Olympic Games at home, Paris 2024. Olympic pole vault champion in 2012, former world record holder, he did not meet the mark he needed to attend what would be his fourth Olympic Games.
The French pole vaulter failed in the last attempt. He needed to jump 5.82 meters to meet the minimum requirement, but he stayed at 5.72 meters, after three attempts and cleared 5.60.
One of the current legends of French sport, outside of Paris. “There’s no drama,” he told the 37-year-old. “If I’m 25 years old these will be the Games of my life, and I’ll miss them, but I’ve won them once and almost a second time (after gold in London 2012, silver in Rio 2016), and things are still being done in the pole vault world.
He spoke of being able to participate in “two or three more world championships.”
Nine months ago he had to have surgery due to a hamstring injury. “No one saw any possibility for me before, but I think I overcame many of those negative predictions. It was disappointing to stop at the last step, but there is a lot of competition. The important thing now is that I am healthy and continue to be competitive,” Lavillenie said.
Swedish Arnaud Duplantis He is and will be a great favorite to win Olympic gold, as the current dominator of the specialty.
Source: La Verdad
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