Sotteville - Mesnil, Andreev 5.70, Lavillenie 5.60

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Mesnil gets the better of Lavillenie in Sotteville
Romain Mesnil of France in the Pole Vault qualifications (Getty Images)

Romain Mesnil of France in the Pole Vault qualifications (Getty Images)
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* Renaud Lavillenie after joining the 6m club with his 6.01m clearance in Leiria

Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France - Romain Mesnil, with 5.70, beat the new Pole Vault sensation Renaud Lavillenie during the 5th meeting of the Alma Athlé Tour (French professional circuit), held on Sunday night in Sotteville (5).

For Renaud Lavillenie’s first appearance since his French record (6.01m) set during the European Team Championships in Leiria on 21 June, the public came to Jean Adret stadium in the hope of seeing another record. Instead, they saw a new episode of the great dual between the 22-years-old revelation and the experience Romain Mesnil, 31 and silver medallist at European (2006) and World Championships (2007). Since 2006, the head to head statistics are in favour of Lavillenie, who won 13 to Mesnil’s 11.

Yesterday, Mesnil opened the competition with a low bar of 5.35, but needed two attempts to clear it. A confident Lavillenie opened at 5.60, but also needed two tries, and let Mesnil, Denys Yurchenko (UKR, Olympic Bronze medallist last year), Leonid Andreyev (UZB) deal with the 5.70 bar.

Yurchenko failed and eventually placed 4th with 5.45. Andreyev, whose personal best stands at 5.65, was successful at his 3rd jump, so was Mesnil.

Lavillenie, whose small morphology (1.76m, 69kg) contrasts with his rivals, went back on the runway for 5.80m but unfortunately failed three times.

“There’s no need to worry”, he said. My run-up is still very fast but today I had marks problems but I was close to clear the bar”.

Andreyev was also unsuccessful at 5.80 and was ranked 2nd. Already certain to win the competition with 5.70, Mesnil failed once at 5.80 and saved his last two attempts at 5.90, but in vain.

The next dual between the French pole-vaulters will take place on 17 July in Paris for the Meeting Areva.


Perche/TCM | M | Finale directe 1
1 5m70 MESNIL Romain Ac Paris-joinville 094 I-F SEM/77 1158
5m45(XO) / 5m70(XXO) / 5m80(X)
2 5m70 ANDREEV Leonid (Uzb) SEM/ 1158
5m30(XXO) / 5m45(XO) / 5m60(XO) / 5m70(XXO) / 5m80(XXX)
3 5m60 LAVILLENIE Renaud Cognac Ac 016 POI SEM/86 1130
5m60(XO) / 5m80(XXX)
4 5m45 YURCHENKO Denys (Ukr) SEM/ 1086
5m30(XXO) / 5m45(XO) / 5m60(XX) / 5m70(X)
5 5m45 CLAVIER Jerome Athletic Trois Tours 037 CEN SEM/83 1086
5m10(O) / 5m30(O) / 5m45(XXO) / 5m60(XXX)
6 5m45 LAVRINENKO Nikolay (Rus) SEM/ 1086
5m10(O) / 5m30(XO) / 5m45(XXO) / 5m60(XXX)
7 5m30 DURAND Nicolas Stade Sottevillais 76* 076 H-N SEM/79 1044
5m30(XO) / 5m45(XXX)
8 5m10 BOYD Matthew (Aus) ESM/ 987
5m10(O) / 5m30(XXX)
- NC DOSSEVI Damiel Ca Montreuil 93 093 I-F SEM/83 0
5m45(XXX)
- NC GIBILISCO Guiseppe (Ita) SEM/ 0
5m45(XXX)

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I watched the live feed of this meet and Lavillenie had easily 1 1/2 feet on 5.60 and the jump was a blow through. Only saw one of his jumps at 5.80 and it was a bad blow through.

Ony saw one of Mesnil's jumps...a miss at either 5.70 or 5.80 and he had plenty of clearance but no penetration and fell on the bar.