Renauld Lavillenie won his second major title of 2012 with a clearance of 5.97m.
Earlier in the year, in Helsinki, he won the European title with the same height.
In London he cleared the winning height on his second attempt but failed at 6.02 (once) and
6.07m (twice). The photographs above show him winning with his 5.97 clearance
and celebrating his success. At the time his best ever outdoors was 6.01m and 6.03m indoors.
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Men's Pole Vault Final.
2012 Olympic Games
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| 1. Renaud LAVILLENIE |
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FRA |
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5.97m OR |
2. Bjorn OTTO
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GER |
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5.91m |
3. Raphael HOLZDEPPE
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GER |
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5.91m |
4. Dmitry STARODUBTSEV
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RUS |
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5.75m |
5. Steven LEWIS
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GBR |
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5.75m |
5. Evgeniy LUKYANENKO
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RUS |
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5.75m |
7. Konstadinos FILIPPIDIS
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GRE |
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5.65m |
8. Jan KUDLICKA
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CZE |
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5.65m |
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At the 27 July 2013 London Anniversary Games fixture of the IAAF Diamond League, Lavillenie cleared
6.02m to take victory along and a French Record.
The following year he then broke Sergei Bubka's
21-year-old
indoor pole vault world record on February 15, 2014, in
Donetsk.
It was at the same Donetsk meeting where the Ukrainian great set the
old mark in 1993.
Lavillenie, the Olympic champion, vaulted 6.16 metres
at his
first attempt to improve the record by one centimetre: Bubka was present to witness it and was
among
the first to congratulate him.
Renauld Lavillenie celebrating his victory at the 2012 European Athletics Champions in Helsinki,
Finland. Like at the Olympic Games he cleared 5.97 to take the Gold Medal but unlike in London
it was not a Championship Record. Sergey Bubka's 6.14 set in 1994 is the CBP at The Europeans -
a World Record at the time and still such in 2012. Photos George Herringshaw. ©
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Renauld Lavillenie |
France |
5.97 WL
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Björn Otto |
Germany |
5.92 PB
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Raphael Holzdeppe |
Germany |
5.77 =SB |