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Bolt and Crawford go head to head

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Usain Bolt will renew his rivalry with former Olympic 200-metres champion Shawn Crawford at the Athletissima meeting in Lausanne on Tuesday.

The pole vault will see Olympic champion Steve Hooker face Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie, who joined him in the exclusive six-metres-plus club when he won at last month's European Team Championships.

Not just Hooker and Lavillenie!!

Im going with hooker for the win

I haven't seen the video yet, but I know the weather was terrible: cold, wet, and windy, I believe.

rang athlète nat résultat

1 HOOKER, Steve
AUS
5.75
2 LAVILLENIE, Renaud
FRA
5.70
3 DOSSEVI, Damiel
FRA
=SB 5.70
4 MESNIL, Romain
FRA
5.60
5 MOHR, Malte
GER
5.60
6 MAZURYK, Maksym
UKR
5.60
6 OTTO, Björn
GER
5.60
8 STRAUB, Alexander
GER
5.45
9 HOLZDEPPE, Raphael
GER
5.45
AVERBUKH, Alex
ISR
-
LOBINGER, Tim
GER
-

http://sportal.com.au/other-sports-news ... gold-73607

There was more good news for Australia at the meet, with Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker winning gold in his opening competition of the European season.

Displaying no signs of his recent knee and shoulder injuries, Hooker picked up where he left off in February, recording his eighth consecutive victory this year with a 5.75m clearance on his first attempt.

Rising French star Renaud Lavillenie finished in second place on a countback after both he and compatriot Damiel Dossevi cleared 5.70m.




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Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker scored a confidence building victory over emerging Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie, in his opening competition of the European season.

Displaying no signs of his recent knee and shoulder injuries, Hooker picked up where he left off in February, recording his eighth consecutive victory this year with a 5.75m clearance on his first attempt.

Lavillenie was knocked out of the competition at 5.70m, placing second on countback from compatriot Damiel Dossévi who also cleared 5.70m.

Lavillenie, who recently dubbed Hooker as the “Usain Bolt of pole vaulting” has been the talk of Europe after he recently joined the exclusive six-metre club with a world leading 6.01m.

Hooker will next take to the runway in Reims, France on Tuesday.