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Renaud Lavillenie sets the pole vault WR

Renaud Lavillenie sets the pole vault WR

Feb 15, 2014 by Mitch Kastoff
Renaud Lavillenie sets the pole vault WR


Renaud Lavillenie is finally the pole vault world record holder.

In Donetsk, Ukraine, the reigning World Indoor and Olympic pole vault champion soared over 6.16m on his first attempt, breaking Sergey Bubka's mark of 6.15m from 1993.

Lavillenie's 2014 indoor season has already seen some all-time marks, but breaking this 21-year-old record is simply incredible. Earlier this season in Bydgoszcz, Poland at the Pedro's Cup, Lavillenie attempted the world record three times and failed. Today, on his first vault, he was clear.

Below are the top 16 all-time indoor marks in the pole vault, courtesy of alltime-athletics.com.

1  6.16 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 18.09.86 1   Donetsk       15.02.2014
2  6.15 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Donetsk       12.02.1993
3  6.14 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Liévin        13.02.1993
4  6.13 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Berlin        21.02.1992
5  6.12 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Grenoble      23.03.1991
6  6.11 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Donetsk       19.03.1991
7  6.10 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   San Sebastián 15.03.1991
8  6.08 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Volgograd     09.02.1991
8  6.08 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 18.09.86 1   Bydgoszcz     31.01.2014
10 6.06 Steve Hooker      AUS 16.07.82 1   Boston        07.02.2009
11 6.05 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Donetsk       17.03.1990
11 6.05 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Berlin        05.03.1993
11 6.05 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Grenoble      06.02.1994
14 6.04 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 18.09.86 1cA Rouen         25.01.2014
15 6.03 Sergey Bubka      UKR 04.12.63 1   Osaka         11.02.1989
15 6.03 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 18.09.86 1   Paris         05.03.2011