The great feast of the vaulter, held this Saturday at the Trocadero in Paris, has experienced a premature end due to the weather. The event, put in place a week before the meeting of the diamond League, on Saturday, July 5 at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), gathered at the foot of the Eiffel Tower best french pole-vaulters, including Renaud Lavillenie, Olympic champion and the world record indoors with a jump at 6.16 meters. The Clermontois emerged after several attempts in the first test, the best peaking at 5.70 metres, allowing even a somersault on his first jump, 5.30 meters. But he decided to stop the contest after two failures at 5.80 metres. Because of a dense rain, Renaud Lavillenie preferred to reduce risks and put an end to the exhibition. “The conditions were very difficult, but we all did the maximum to forget the rain, he said. Now I am forced to return the year next to the Sun. “’Czar’, Sergei Bubka, previous holder of the record in the world for 30 years, was also present. “It is really unusual to see a competition of pole vaulter in a beautiful historic site, testified the Ukrainian. Leave the stadium to go in the street is a very good way to promote athletics
