Thiago Braz de Silva wins Rouen, clears 5.86 meters, Sandi Morris clears 4.57 meters

Thiego Braz de Silva, Rio 2016 Olympics, photo by PhotoRun.net

Braz 586, Morris 457
ROUEN (FRA, Jan 28): Olympic champion Thiago Braz opened his indoor season with victory at the Perche Elite Tour in Rouen. He cleared 5.86m on his second attempt before three tries at a world-lead and indoor PB of 5.94m. Konstadinos Filippidis finished second on countback at 5.70m ahead of Kevin Menaldo and former world junior champion Axel Chapelle, whose 5.70m clearance was a PB. Shawn Barber and Renaud Lavillenie, who was making his season’s debut after injury, finished fifth and seventh respectively with 5.50m (Lavillenie needed three attempts) while world-leader Piotr Lisek no-heighted at 5.50m. Olympic decathlon silver medallist Kevin Mayer cleared 5.20m. Olympic silver medallist Sandi Morris won the women’s pole vault with a first-time clearance at 4.57m before three tries at 4.72m ahead of Annika Roloff at 4.40m.

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