Wednesday, February 19, 2014

21-year pole vault record broken


21-year pole vault record broken
  • French olympion Renaud Lavilleniebroke 21-year-old world record of pole vault of Sergey Bubka on 15th February 2014. 
  • He broke the record with a leap of 6.16 meter at Donetsk in the Ukraine.
  • Lavillenie aged 27 cleared the height in his first attempt by going 1 centimeter higher than the record set indoors by Bubka on 21 February 1993 at the age of 21. 

Renaud Lavillenie
• Renaud Lavillenie, a French pole vaulter was born on 18 September 1986 
• Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics
• He has also won one World Indoor Championships gold medal, two European Championships gold medals and three European Indoor Championships gold medals
• He holds the French national records for the highest pole vault clearance both outdoors (6.02 m) and indoors (6.16 m) 
• He has been the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League four consecutive years from 2010 to 2013

Sergey Bubka
• Sergey Bubka is a former pole vaulter from Ukrain and was born on 4 December 1963
• He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991, was twice named Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News, and in 2012 was one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame
• He has been a consecutive IAAD World Championships winner for six times 
• He is also a gold winner of Olympics 
• He has broken the world record of men’s pole vaulting 35 times of which 18 were broken indoors and 17 times outdoor 
• At present Bubka is a key member of the IOC and in 2013 he lost out to Thomas Bach on the race for President of the organisation.

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