Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:07 pm

RL wins with 5.77 m (or more ?). Mohr 2nd with 5.70 m, Filippidis 3rd with 5.60m.
Another win for RL in the race for DL and he will win it for the 5th time (since 2010).
Waiting for the next height...

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:09 pm

First miss for RL at 5.83m.

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:13 pm

And a 2nd miss... :confused:

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:19 pm

It is the end (beautifull friends...). RL wins with 5.77 m. Last attemps at 5.83 m with stiffer poles but maybe too stiff for his physical abbilities for now.
Next meeting in 6 days.

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:15 am

Another windy meeting in Ostrava yesterday for RL.
6th competiton this season and 6th win with 5.83 m (5.33 -, 5.43 -, 5.53 -, 5.63 -, 5.73 xo, 5.78 -, 5.83 o, 5.93 xxx ; 2nd Silva with 5.73 m and SB)
I saw one vault at 5.93 m : better run up than previous competitions and better drop of the pole, but RL did have to fight against the wind and became 30 cm too far from the bar.
Hope better conditions for the next competitions (Braunschweig on June, 22 ; Lausanne on July, 3 and Paris on July, 5).

Notice he uses his 5.20 m poles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5bQ5xHI9Vw

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:44 am

An interview by "La Liberté", a Swiss newspaper, waiting the next Diamond League stage in Lausanne (July, 3).

Renaud Lavillenie • Le champion olympique de la perche sera la grande vedette d’Athletissima le 3 juillet à Lausanne. Son secret? Il s’entraîne, s’entraîne et s’entraîne.

Hier, quelques heures avant le choc France - Suisse, Renaud Lavillenie s’est présenté devant la presse à Lausanne, d’humeur taquine, mais aussi très concentré et volubile. Le champion olympique de la perche, star d’Athletissima le 3 juillet, a évoqué les 6 m 20, son goût pour la moto et sa passion absolue pour son sport.

Renaud Lavillenie, vous êtes champion olympique, recordman du monde depuis février (6 m 16), double champion d’Europe, presque invincible en meeting… Vous écrasez tout. Comment rester motivé ?

Je reste toujours motivé pour gagner et aller plus haut! J’ai encore des défis à relever, par exemple les JO de Rio en 2016, où je vise un deuxième titre, ce que Sergeï Bubka (la légende à qui le Français a ravi le record du monde, ndlr) n’est pas parvenu à faire. Vous dites que je manque de concurrents. Mais les sauteurs vont monter en puissance en juillet. Ce serait surprenant si tout le monde en était déjà à 5 m 90 à deux mois de l’objectif (les championnats d’Europe à Zurich, en août).

Vous êtes connu pour sauter beaucoup en compétition et à l’entraînement. C’est une marque de fabrique, un moyen de mieux progresser ?

Je dispute le même nombre de compétitions depuis plusieurs années. J’en aurai eu dix cette saison avant les championnats d’Europe. La perche est une discipline très compliquée, avec beaucoup de paramètres, le vent, la technique… Ce n’est pas à l’entraînement que vous pouvez apprendre à les maîtriser. J’aime la compétition, je m’entraîne pour ça. C’est une source de plaisir. Et il y aurait beaucoup de mécontents parmi le public si je ne me produisais que deux fois par an.

On dit que vous faites jusqu’à 60, 70 sauts par séance, trois fois plus que les autres sauteurs…

Oui, car j’aime ça. Ce serait difficile de me brider. J’accumule un maximum d’informations, que je peux ensuite mettre en application. Mes séances durent souvent deux à trois heures, plus la musculation, la course…

Quel est votre rapport avec les autres disciplines de l’athlétisme ?

Je fais beaucoup de courses de haies et de saut en longueur. J’ai des records personnels à 14’’51 sur 110 m haies et à 7 m 37 en longueur. Les haies me permettent de perfectionner ma prise d’élan en réglant la longueur de ma foulée. Entre les obstacles, il faut être méthodique, très rythmé. Cela m’aide pour la perche. Idem avec la longueur: ça m’aide pour la transmission d’énergie au décollage.

Et la moto, ça vous aide ? (Lavillenie, fada de moto, s’est classé 25e des 24 Heures du Mans l’an dernier)

(Rires) La moto me permet d’avoir une discipline où je peux me libérer à 100%. Et de penser à autre chose qu’à l’athlé. Je suis focalisé sur d’autres contraintes tout en restant méthodique. Quand je veux déconnecter, je vais faire des tours sur un circuit. Cela me permet de retrouver ensuite l’envie de m’entraîner.

Vous n’avez pas peur de vous blesser à moto?

Vous savez, je roule à plus de 250 km/h en circuit, et ma plus grande blessure, c’est en sautant à la perche que je l’ai eue. On n’est à l’abri nulle part. Ma philosophie, c’est de vivre ma vie à 100%. Plus on se bride, plus on se crée des situations d’échec, alors… Mon fantasme serait d’essayer une MotoGP.

Jusqu’à quelle hauteur pensez-vous pouvoir sauter ?

6 m 20 ? 6 m 25 ? 6 m 30 ? Je ne sais pas, mais je n’ai aucune raison de m’arrêter à 6 m 16 ou 6 m 17. Il y a le moyen de progresser. Le plus dur pour moi est de retrouver les conditions, physiques et extérieures, que j’avais quand j’ai battu le record du monde. Je dois remettre les choses dans le bon ordre.



This is my translation :

Renaud Lavillenie • The Olympic champion pole vaulter will be the star at the Athletissima on July 3 in Lausanne. His secret ? He trains, trains and trains again.

Yesterday, a few hours
before the France - Switzerland clash in Soccer World Cup, Lavillenie appeared before the press in Lausanne, in a playful mood, but also very focused and talkative. The Olympic champion pole vaulter, star at the Athletissima on July 3, spoke of possible 6.20 m, of his taste for motorbike and of his absolute passion for his sport.


Renaud Lavillenie, you're the Olympic champion, the world recorder since February (6.16 m), a double European outdoor champion, and almost invincible in meeting ... You're trashing all. How do you stay motivated ?

I'm still motivated to win and go higher ! I still have challenges, such as the Olympics at Rio in 2016, where I aim a second title, that Sergei Bubka (the legend from who the French stole the world record, ed) failed to do. You say that I lack competitors, but jumpers will ramp up in July. It would be surprising if everyone was already at 5.90 m two months before the objective (the European Championships in Zurich in August).

You are known to jump a lot in competition and training. This is your feature, a way to make better progress ?

I compete in the same number of competitions for several years. I will have competed in ten of those this season before the European Championships. Pole vaulting is a very complicated subject, with many parameters, the wind, the technique ... It's not during training that you can learn to control them. I love competing, I train for it. It is a source of pleasure. And there would be many unhappy people among the public if I was performing only twice a year.

It is said that you do 60 to 70 jumps per training session, three times more than other pole vaulters...

I do, because I like it. It would be difficult to restrain myself. I collect as much information that I can then implement. My training sessions usually last two to three hours, more weight training, running...

What is your relationship with other disciplines of athletics ?

I do a lot of hurdles and long jump. I have personal records of 14.51 s in 110 m hurdles and 7.37 m in long jump. Hurdles allow me to improve my run-up by adjusting the length of my stride. Between hurdles one have to be methodical, very rhythmic. It helps me in vaulting. Same thing with long jump : it helps for the transmission of energy at takeoff.

And does motorbiking help you? (Lavillenie is cracked of biking and ranked 25th of the 24 Hours of Le Mans last year)

(Laughs) Biking allows me to have a discipline where I can free myself at 100% and think about something else than athletics. I'm focused on other constraints while remaining methodical. When I want to take a break, I'm doing some laps on a circuit. This allows me to find again the desire to train.

Are you not afraid to hurt you in biking ?

You know, I drive at over 160 mph on a circuit, and my biggest injury that I had was in pole vaulting. You can't be safe anywhere. My philosophy is to live my life at 100%. The more you curb yourself, the more you can be in situation of failure, so ... My fantasy would be to try a MotoGP.

How high do you think you can jump ?

6.20 m ? 6.25 m ? 6.30 m ? I don't know, but I have no reason to stop at 6.16 m or even 6.17 m. There is a way to make progress. The hardest thing for me is to find the good physical and external conditions, those I had when I broke the world record. I have to put things in the right order.

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:53 am

Another interview by "Le Matin", another Swiss newspaper, waiting for today's contest in the European team championships.

Brunswick (Allemagne), 21 juin 2014 (AFP) - Maître incontesté de la perche, Renaud Lavillenie a accepté de braver les conditions particulières de l'Euro par équipes, dimanche à Brunswick, parce qu'"une sélection en Equipe de France ne se refuse pas".

Q: Cette compétition est-elle très différente d'un meeting ?

R: "Oui car il y a une règle de m... (ndlr: seulement quatre échecs autorisés sur tout le concours). Nous, on est pénalisé par rapport aux sprinteurs pour qui il n'y a aucune différence. Mais la plus grosse différence, c'est que l'enjeu n'est pas le même. En meeting, tu joues pour ta pomme seulement. Là, si on est en difficulté, il faut s'accrocher car il faut faire quelque chose pour l'équipe."

Q: Pensez-vous démarrer le concours avec une barre plus basse ?

R: Non. Ca ne garantit pas d'aller plus haut. Trop de sécurité peut entraîner dans un mauvais schéma et après on n'est plus capable de se lâcher. Toute la saison j'ai débuté à 5,50 m ou 5,70 m. Il n'y a aucune raison de commencer à 5,40 m.Il y a la pression du premier essai, tu te dis qu'il ne faut pas rater ou qu'il faut que ce soit un échec positif . Dimanche, j'aurai encore la boule au ventre au 1er essai. Mais il faudra s'adapter par rapport à la concurrence, avec des barres intermédiaires pour assurer le coup. Mais ne pas faire quelque chose qu'on n'a pas l'habitude de faire."

Q: N'est-ce pas prendre un risque de venir avec toujours l'ombre d'une blessure possible ?

R: "Je ne pense jamais à la blessure. Si elle arrive c'est qu'elle doit arriver, ici ou ailleurs. Et puis, ça fait partie du calendrier et une sélection en équipe de France cela ne se refuse pas. L'objectif est de continuer la préparation pour l'Euro (à Zurich mi-août) et de porter haut les couleurs françaises."



And my translation...

Brunswick (Germany), June 21, 2014 (AFP) - The undisputed master of the pole, Lavillenie agreed to brave the special conditions of the European team championships on Sunday in Brunswick, because "a selection in the France Team can't be refused."

Q: Is this competition very different from a meeting ?

A: "It is, because of a f... rule (note: only four failures allowed throughout this contest). We're penalized compared to sprinters for who there is no difference. But the most big difference is that the issue is not the same. In a meeting you play for yourself. Here, if you're in trouble, you have to hold on because you play for your team."

Q: Will you start the competition with a lower bar ?

A: I won't. It does not guarantee going higher. Too much security could result in a bad pattern and after you're no longer able to let yourself go. During all season I started between 5.50 m and 5.70 m. There is no reason to start at 5.40 m. There is a pressure on the first attempt, you think that you should not miss or, if you do, that it must be a positive failure. On next Sunday, I will have butterflies in my stomach on the first attempt. But you have to get used to the competition, with intermediate heights to secure. But don't do something you're not usually doing."

Q: Is there taking a risk to come with the shadow of a possible injury ?

A: "I never think of a possible injury. If it happens is that it must happen, here or elsewhere. This competition is part of the schedule and a selection in the France Team can't be refused. The goal is to continue the preparation for the Euro (Zurich mid-August) and hold high the French flag."

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:33 pm

RL won with only one jump at 5.62 m and huge room. Then three scary attempts at 5.72 m with strong wind and a little injury (seems to be an ankle sprain).
RL said :
"It was just horrible, impossible to jump safely, ultra dangerous ..."

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Sun Jun 29, 2014 3:12 am

RL was on demonstration in front of the Eiffel Tower yesterday.
Watch this : 5.30 m with a salto !
(He didn't succeed in making more than 5.70 m, on 14 steps, because of a heavy rain...)

5.30 m with salto :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRlunatoAIg

5.70 m on 14 steps :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1oVJL7nLfw

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:12 pm

Lausanne (Diamond League) live here...
(refresh your screen regurarly when reading this post)

8.21 pm here in Switzerland... not any image about PV for instance... we have to be patient... the contest began at 7.58 pm...

8.35 pm Looking at live results on the Diamond League site : 9 men passed 5.47 m, 2 out, and RL waiting... 5.62 trials now.

8.42 pm Thiago Braz succed at 5.62. Good news for Brazil (waiting for France in a maybe semi-final in the soccer world championships ;) ).

8.45 pm Brad Walker did it too ! Welcome US friends...

8.49 pm Kevin Menaldo (France) did it too !

8.53 pm 7 men in now...next height 5.72, only RL didn't enter.

8.59 pm at 5.72 three faults... RL will enter...

9.04 pm First miss for RL at 5.72... but just watched his run up : only 16 steps ? Run up track too short or what ?

9.07 pm Thiago Braz takes the lead with 5.72 !

9.10 pm Hearing for the crowd, I think RL did it...

9.15 pm He did.. Only 3 men remaining, waiting for 3rd attempt at 5.72 for Malte MOHR.

9.16 pm. Malte MOHR failed. Kevin Menaldo too. Thiago Braz and Lavillenie still competiting at 5.82m.

9.24 A fault at 5.82 m for RL then passed and then did 5.87 easily !... Waiting for big heights now... (Thiago BRAZ attemped 5.87 too but missed it)

9.32 pm First attempt at 5.93 m for RL but ddin't do it

9.37 pm I confirm : RL on 16 steps, so a too short track here in Lausanne for him (but I think he knew that...)

9.42 pm RL atempted from the track area with 20 steps but failed. Final results : 1st RL 5.87 m, 2nd Braz 5.72 m and 3thd Kevin Menaldo 5.62 m.

Next DL meeting in Paris in two days but rainy wheather is to become...

P.S. : with 16 points, Renaud already won the Diamond League race for the 5th year (because the 2nd only has 3 points). Good work !

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Re: Lavillenie : summer 2014 calendar

Unread postby Wan » Tue Aug 05, 2014 5:34 am

Wan wrote:
canag (Wed Jun 11) wrote:Thanks Wan for the interview. But I think you're a bit harsh with him, I don't see how you can say that someone that has beaten the WR, was part of almost all podiums in the last 5 years, and has won 3 DLs, is not thinking enough about his personal achievement. Don't forget that European championships are two months away.

I think you're right... But because of this new status he's always requested and can't take a lot of time to train. I'm just a bit afraid about him possibly getting feeling a bit smug.
We'll see... two months to go now !


Even RL himself was already doubting at this moment, and still does...

Interview from sport365.fr, july 30 wrote:Lavillenie en proie au doute.
Record du monde : 6,16m. Meilleure performance de l’été : 5,92m (ndlr : à Shanghai en mai). L’écart est immense. Depuis le début de la saison extérieure, Renaud Lavillenie n’est plus le même sauteur. Son nouveau statut a changé le regard du public mais a aussi chamboulé les performances de l’athlète, cantonné à des barres moyennes depuis le printemps. La faute, aussi, à des conditions pas toujours évidentes. « On a eu des conditions de merde. Sur mes dix concours, j’en ai deux, allez trois, où j’en ai eu de bonnes, les autres on se tapait du vent dans tous les sens, de la pluie, du froid… », regrette le Clermontois dans un entretien accordé à L’Equipe.
« Je ne m’attendais pas à ce que mon quotidien d’athlète soit ainsi bouleversé »
Mais à quinze jours des Championnats d’Europe de Zurich (12-17 août), le chef de file de la délégation tricolore attribue également sa baisse de régime aux nombreuses sollicitations dont il fait maintenant l’objet. « « Il y a eu un passage délicat. Ce n’est pas tant l’enchaînement des compétitions que des sollicitations. Là où ça prenait trente minutes, c’est devenu deux heures, deux heures trente. La Cocotte-minute se remplit vite. C’est clairement plus qu’après les JO. Sur le long terme, ce n’est pas facile. […] Je ne m’attendais pas à ce que mon quotidien d’athlète soit ainsi bouleversé. » Mais pas de quoi s’affoler. Malgré son passage à vide, Lavillenie continue de dominer outrageusement sa discipline et devrait sauf surprise, ramener une nouvelle médaille d’or à la France à Zurich. « J’ai la chance que mes adversaires ne soient pas extraordinaires… », philosophe le Français. Les perchistes apprécieront.


Translation...

Lavillenie beset by doubt.
World Record: 6.16 m. Best performance this summer 5.92 m (note: in Shanghai in May). The difference is huge. Since the beginning of the outdoor season, Lavillenie is not the same jumper. His new status has changed the public eye but also messed up the performance of the athlete, confined to middle bars since the spring. The fault is due to not always obvious conditions too. "We had crappy conditions. On my ten contests, I have two, maybe three, where I've had good ones ; on the others we got stucked with wind from every directions, rain, cold ..." regrets the Clermont's resident in an interview granted to L'Equipe.
"I did not expect that my everyday athlete's life be so upset"
But a fortnight of Europe Zurich Championships (August 12-17), the leader of the French delegation also attributes his loss of power to the numerous requests he is now subject to. "There was a tricky passage. This is not so much the sequence of events that stress. Where it took thirty minutes before, it became two hours, even two and a half. Then, the pressure cooker is filling up fast. This is clearly much more than after the Olympics. In the long term, it is not easy. [...] I did not expect that my everyday athlete's life be so upset." But nothing to panic. Despite his bad patch, Lavillenie continues to dominate outrageously his discipline and should bring, except a surprise, another gold medal in France in Zurich. "I'm fortunate that my opponents are not extraordinary ..." philosophizes the French. Other pole vaulters will appreciate.

[Edit] On the sport newspaper L'Equipe, RL said to be dying to ride again his motorbike for the "24 heures du Mans"... the proof is that this summer will probably not be his best... [End of edit]


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