Emmanouil Karalis won the City Event pole competition on the sidelines of Athletissima Tuesday in Ouchy. The Greek jumper crossed a bar at 6m02.
Without Mondo Duplantis, who logically favored the centenary of Finnkampen (Red: a historic sports duel between Sweden and Finland) to come this weekend in Stockholm, Emmanouil Karalis was the designated favorite. Before this competition, the Greek had indeed erased nine times the 6 meters this season.
After his 6m02, the Greek preferred to say stop to make the show by making selfies with the people massaged around the long necklace.
The French second ex-aequo
But in the rain that has raged on the verge of Lake Geneva, difficult for other athletes to tu incredible peaks. Under these conditions, the French have rather successfully successfully. Behind Karalis, there are two tricolors. Dolphin of Karalis, Renaud Lavillenie proved that at 39 years old and for his sixteenth participation, he did not yet want to hang up.
After two successful trials at 5m62 and 5m82, the former world record holder failed 5m92. The veteran shared his second place with his compatriot Thibaut Collet, who did almost the same competition, just adding a bar at 5m72.
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