Why World record holder Lavillenie won't compete at Euro Indoors
French pole-vault world record holder, Renaud Lavillenie, performs a jump as he takes part in a pole-vaulting event in front of the Eiffel tower in Paris. PHOTO | STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN |
What you need to know:
- Lavillenie, 32, picked up his hamstring knock at the Paris-Bercy meet on January 27 and has not competed since.
- His decision to focus on summer preparation hints at a desire for glory at this year's world championships, which begin in Doha on September 27.
- Lavillenie set the world record of 6.16m in February 2014.
CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE
Pole vault world record holder Renaud Lavillenie will miss the upcoming European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow after failing to recover in time from a hamstring injury, the Frenchman announced on Friday.
"Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to jump," Lavillenie said to reporters.
"I'm in a recovery period and that means I either make the same mistakes as I have these past two years - I try to jump, I potentially injure myself and then I lose time on summer preparation - or I learn from my mistakes and take my time."
Lavillenie, 32, picked up his hamstring knock at the Paris-Bercy meet on January 27 and has not competed since.
His decision to focus on summer preparation hints at a desire for glory at this year's world championships, which begin in Doha on September 27.
Lavillenie set the world record of 6.16m in February 2014.
