Renaud Lavillenie, Interview from Birmingham 2018 World Indoors (The RunBlogRun Archives) – runblogrun

Renaud Lavillenie has been an elite pole vaulter for practically twenty years. Renaud started his elite journey in 2009.

Amongst his medals had been gold within the 2012 London Olympics and silver within the 2016 Rio Olympics.  Renaud gained silver within the 2013 Moscow World Open air and bronze within the 2009 Berlin, 2011 Daegu, 2015 Beijing, and 2017 London World Championships.

Three golds in World Indoors: Istanbul 2012, Portland 2016, and Birmingham 2018, for Renaud Lavillenie. This interview is from BMX 2018.

Gold medals for Renaud in European Open air: 2010 Barcelona, 2012 Helsinki, and 2014 Zurich. I cherished watching him dwell in Zurich!

And 4 European Indoor champs: 2009 Turin, 2011 Paris, 2013 Gothenburg, and 2015 Prague.

This can be a enjoyable interview. Renaud talks concerning the competitors, the All-Star Perche occasions he based, and his strategy to vaulting. Renaud Lavillenie has at all times been a fantastic interview. My first was in Paris in 2011, the place he requested me to do questions in French. My French sucks, however Renaud cherished messing with me.

Renaud Lavillenie is a category act who loves the game, his comrades within the pole vault, and his household and buddies. I’ve at all times cherished how he helped Mondo Duplantis when Mondo was younger, realizing he can be one of many greats.On August 20, 2026, Renaud Lavillenie cleared 5.45m . The previous world report holder, Monsieur Lavillenie, is 39 years outdated. We love seeing “Le roi du saut a la perche” competing within the Diamond League!

Thanks, Renaud Lavillenie, on your assist and enthusiasm for our sport!

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement within the sport of athletics. Larry has skilled the game as an athlete, coach, journal writer, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was revealed in RW in 1983. Larry has revealed a number of magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. model of Spikes journal. He at present manages the content material and advertising improvement of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his every day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: „I’ve to confess, I like touring to far-off meets, writing concerning the sport I like, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, essentially the most of something I’ve ever finished, besides, possibly operating itself.“ Additionally does some updates for BBC Sports activities at key occasions, which he actually enjoys.

Theme track: Greg Allman, “ I am no Angel.“

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