Renaud Lavillenie's world record faltered Tuesday, February 4. In Düsseldorf (Germany), Armand Duplantis, new star in the pole vault, had shown that he had the legs, the technique and the desire to go higher than the 6.16m of the Habs. After failing, the Swede set off again this Saturday in Torun (Poland). This time, the record, established in 2014 in Ukraine, did not hold up.
SIX POINT SEVENTEEN METERS NEW WR @ mondohoss600 pic.twitter.com/dkZHhIacNc
- Andreas Duplantis (@dreasduplantis) February 8, 2020After easily winning the competition, the reigning European champion retried his chance at 6.17m. It was on his second try that the young 20-year-old athlete inscribed his name in the history of athletics.
Meanwhile, Renaud Lavillenie is in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) in another meeting. So headphones on, concentrated, the Frenchman probably did not hear the announcement made by the speaker concerning the performance of Duplantis. Very close to the Swede, having invited him to his home in Clermont, Lavillenie will certainly not fail to congratulate his successor.