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6.17 in view !

Jeff Hartwig is coaching Barber now ? Not bad if so...

6.02 out for Barber.
Seemes to be tired. But will be a serious challenger for the next indoor WC.

RL missed 6.17 but had not enough stiif pole (14.3... should have take his 13.8).
6.02, takes the WL.
"Rendez-vous" at Portland !

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RESULTS:

Perche - Dining / TCM - Elite International | M | direct final 1 | 02/21/2016
1 6m02 LAVILLENIE Renaud Clermont Auvergne Athletics * 063 AUV SEM / 86 IA 1251
5m70 (O) / 5m77 (-) / 5m84 (O) / 5m91 (O) / 5m97 (-) / 6m02 (O) / 6m07 (-) / 6m12 (-) / 6m17 (XXX)
2 5m91 Shawn BARBER (Can) ESM / 94 IA 1219
5m42 (XXO) / 5m57 (O) / 5m70 (XO) / 5m77 (-) / 5m84 (O) / 5m91 (XO) / 5m97 (-) / 6m02 (XXX)
3 5m84 FILIPPIDIS Konstadinos (Gre) SEM / 86 IA 1199
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (O) / 5m70 (XO) / 5m77 (-) / 5m84 (O) / 5m91 (XXX)
3 5m84 KENDRICKS Sam (Usa) SEM / 92 IA 1199
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (O) / 5m70 (O) / 5m77 (X) / 5m84 (O) / 5m91 (XXX)
5 5m84 WOJCIECHOWSKI Pawel (Pol) SEM / 89 IA 1199
5m57 (O) / 5m70 (O) / 5m77 (-) / 5m84 (XO) / 5m91 (XXX)
6 5m77 LISEK Piotr (Pol) SEM / 92 IA 1179
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (XO) / 5m70 (XO) / 5m77 (O) / 5m84 (XXX)
7 5m57 Balner Michal (Cze) SEM / 82 IB 1121
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (O) / 5m70 (XXX)
8 5m57 JOSEPH Stanley Ec Orleans Cercle Jules Ferry * 045 CEN SEM / 91 IB 1121
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (XO) / 5m70 (XXX)
9 5m57 Valentin LAVILLENIE Clermont Auvergne Athletics * 063 AUV SEM / 91 IB 1121
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (XXO) / 5m70 (XXX)
9 5m57 DUTRA Augusto (Bra) SEM / 90 IB 1121
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (XXO) / 5m70 (XXX)
11 5m42 KEYBOARD Jerome Athletic Trois Tours * 037 CEN SEM / 83 N1 1078
5m42 (O) / 5m57 (XXX)
- NC Raphael Holzdeppe (Ger) SEM / 89 0
5m70 (XXX)

This was the 100th competition at 5.80 or more for Renaud.

Kirk

Following your post, I guess Jérôme Clavier will be nicknamed Jérôme Keyboard in Portland, as he has the qualification height.

:-)

Great competition, with a lot of great depth of performances in addition to the 6.02 WL!

Here is a video of all jumps from Renaud Lavillenie in the competition:
https://youtu.be/FAgrz_9Yd-c
HD-HFR video of the 6.02 jump, perfect for slow-motion and technique analysis:
https://youtu.be/L0AF5JnUynw

I really liked the "insider" part of the coverage: they had a "replay box" after each vault where the vaulter and his coach discuss the jump and the instructions for the next jump. For non-French speakers, after his first 5.70 jump Renaud's coach told him to change pole and to move back his marks, after his 5.84 he told him to stay on the same pole and move back again. After the 5.91 he told him to do the same with a stiffer pole (13.8 I think), slightly higher grip and bring the standards closer (80 to 70). Renaud commented after his 6.02 clearance that his form was "close to perfection" and exclaimed "what a gap!" ("Oh le sac !") watching the slow-mo. After first attempt at 6.17 he told him that his mid was at 17.60-17.80 and to take a stiffer pole (13.6), which I'm not sure he did afterwards.

Thanks to the company Matsport, the competition was also a data-nerd feast, with real-time produced speed and take off distance. See for instance this summary for the 6.02 jump:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CbziGZlW4AAEowW.jpg:large

Next week he'll jump at national championships, which are held where he trains, like last year!