NEWLY-crowned British pole vault champion Steve Lewis thought he was grounded when he flew off to compete in Switzerland … and spotted his poles still on the runway.The double Olympian will be taking on the best in the world tomorrow night when he competes at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting.But his preparations took a jolt when crew from Swiss Air told him they could not fit his poles on the aircraft due to take him to the meeting.The 28-year-old, from Light Oaks, gave a running commentary of his battle to get the poles on the plane to his 10,700 followers on Twitter.As he stood in the terminal building, he wrote: “Here we go again. Poles don’t fit!”He then added: “Just been asked if baggage loaders can throw away protective case to my poles so they can fit them on the plane… really clever question!”
