Paris 2024 Olympic Games: zero points at 5.35 m for Renaud Lavillenie, still looking for the minimums to go to the Games

Le Français Renaud Lavillenie espère toujours se qualifier pour Paris-2024. MAXPPP – Richard BRUNEL

Back in Clermont-Ferrand after ten months without competition, the 2012 Olympic champion is still looking for the minimum requirements to participate in the Paris Olympics.

The pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie, in search of the Olympic minimums to hope to participate in the Paris Games, did not cross any bar on Wednesday in Clermont-Ferrand, where he was making his return after ten months without competition and hamstring surgery in September.

He fails three times at 5.35 m

The former world record holder in the discipline (6.16 meters in 2014), 37 years old, failed three times at 5.35 meters, his first bar. He fell back on the bar on his first two attempts and did not fully engage his jump on the third.

Trois échecs à 5,35m pour le retour à la compétition de Renaud Lavillenie à Clermont-Ferrand après 10 mois d'absence. pic.twitter.com/FaK6AGzujs

— Evan (@evan_lebastard) May 22, 2024

Olympic champion in 2012 in London, Renaud Lavillenie has until June 30 to achieve the Olympic minimums set at 5.82 meters, a bar that he has not yet reached. has not been crossed since July 2022.