The deadline for Renaud Lavillenie is approaching. The French pole vaulter has until June 30 to clear the 5.82-meter barrier. Without it, he will miss qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Operated on in September for a partial hamstring tear, he hopes to be able to resume competition on May 22 at a meeting organized by his club in Clermont. Ferran.
The 37-year-old, who withdrew from the Budapest 2023 World Championships, summed up his physical condition: “I was able to resume racing after Christmas, after three long months when I couldn’t do much. “According to him, the operation was necessary, and six months later he was able to resume jumping. He no longer feels any pain.
Lavillenie promises to be “in great shape”
Renaud Lavillenie says he feels “in great shape” and is confident he can qualify for the Olympics. A gold medalist in London 2012, he won silver in Rio four years later and then finished eighth in Tokyo in 2021.
If he qualifies for the Olympics, he will face Armand Duplantis, the reigning Olympic champion and three-time world champion. Renaud Lavillenie considers the Swede “really superior to others.” He holds the world record for pole vaulting: he cleared the bar at a height of 6.23 meters.
Source: Le Parisien
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