2018 ParisDL Diary: Renaud Lavillenie, WR holder Pole Vault

Renaud Lavillenie, photo by PhotoRun.net

Renaud Lavillenie may be the finest competitor in our sport. Lavillenie has the absolute world record in the men’s pole vault. Lavillenie is focused on the European Championships this year, but the Paris DL is big deal for Lavillenie each year. A fine pole vault field with Sam Kendricks, Mondo Duplantis, Piotr Lisek, Raphael Holzdeppe, Thiago de Braz Silva, and Renaud. Consider this, two Olympic gold medalists, European champions, and World Champion gold medalist from 2013, 2015, 2017 will all be there.

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Renaud LAVILLENIE (FRA) POLE VAULT – 19h32

Â« The MEETING de PARIS is extremely important for me. It’s THE meting for us, French athletes. We don’t have so many opportunities to compete in front of a home crowd, so I think we need to make the best of it and to enjoy every moment. I have a special memory of this meeting in 2016, just a few weeks after Rio Olympics. The crowd supported me in an amazing way and I jumped 5,93 m. With Sam (Kendricks) and Armand (Duplantis), we are very good friends. Armand stayed for 10 days in Clermont-Ferrand training with me after the meeting in Montreuil. About tomorrow, I want to have fun, work well and I want to win. Â»

Â« Le MEETING de PARIS est trÃ¨s important pour moi. Il est le plus gros meeting pour nous, les athlÃ¨tes franÃ§ais. L’un de mes souvenirs les plus intenses dans cette compÃ©tition a Ã©tÃ© l’Ã©dition 2016, aprÃ¨s les Jeux de Rio, avec un public Ã fond derriÃ¨re moi et une performance de 5,93 m. Nous n’avons pas la chance de disputer une compÃ©tition rÃ©guliÃ¨rement en France, aussi il faut en profiter Ã fond et savourer tous les instants. Avec Sam (Kendricks) et Armand (Duplantis) nous nous entendons trÃ¨s bien. Armand a mÃªme passÃ© 10 jours chez moi Ã Clermont-Ferrand pour s’entraÃ®ner aprÃ¨s le meeting de Montreuil. Pour demain, je veux me faire plaisir, bien travailler et gagner. Â»

J-1 @meetingparis : confÃ©rence de presse âœ”ï¸ entrainement âœ”ï¸ Plus qu’a attendre demain soir 19h30 pour le concours !!! @nike ðŸ‘ŒðŸ¼ ðŸ“¸: @jugalland
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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