by Larry Eder
Lavillenie 601 WL, Murer 483 WL
NEVERS (FRA, Feb 7): Olympic winner Renaud Lavillenie achieved in the final meet of the French series Perche Elite Tour new world leading 601 cm. He also tried at new World record height of 617 cm. “It was a rather successful evening. I missed the record but I made some nice attempts. I feel I can do it. I used the same pole when I broke the record. This is a good sign,” he said for L´Équipe. Second Valentin Lavillenie cleared new PB 580 cm. 2011 World champion Fabiana Murer won the women competition with another World lead 483 cm. Behind her French Marion Fiack 450 and Marion Lotout 440.
(Editor’s note: You are seeing something very special with Renaud Lavillenie. A keen athlete, an ever keener competitor, the guy is fearless. I am Nice to see his younger brother improving quite well, not at 5.80m!)
