2018 Lausanne DL Diary: Lavillenie wins Athletissima Street Vault

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Lavillenie 591 and tries at 6 m

LAUSANNE (SUI, Jul 4): Special men pole vault on the lakeside was won by Renaud Lavillenie with nice 591 clearance. He had three attempts at World leading six meters, first one was very promising. PolandÂ´s 2011 World champion Pawel Wojciechowski showed lot of courage when he after clearing 584 in third attempt and one failure at 591 tried for two times 597. Sam Kendricks and Kurtis Marschall tied for third with 577 and Armand Duplantis with Piotr Lisek tied for fifth with 570. Seventh Shawn Barber went over 560.

RunBlogRun opines: The street vault continues to bring fans in around the world. The field in Lausanne was exceptional, and the fans got a real treat.

5m91 ce soir Ã Lausanne pour ma 10e ici! Merci Lausanne ðŸ™ŒðŸ¼ðŸ‘ŠðŸ¼ @athletissima Good pole vault team ðŸ¤™ðŸ¼
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