This yr’s Lausanne Diamond League will as soon as once more give the pole vault its personal slot and it will likely be held away from the principle stadium
Each host on the Diamond League circuit gives its personal distinctive promoting level and for fairly just a few – particularly these in continental Europe – the most important one is road meets.
Should you watch a serious championships then you definately’ll discover that the entire motion takes place within the stadium, however sure Diamond League meets provide a extra intimate viewing alternative for followers exterior of the principle area.
Road meets permit spectators to rise up shut and private with the athletes, which is particularly necessary for area occasions as they’ll really feel distant at instances in an unlimited stadium.
The pole vault is without doubt one of the finest examples of an occasion that works brilliantly on the streets, with spectators lining the edges of the runway and across the pit to witness a number of the finest on the planet launching themselves into the sky.
The Lausanne Diamond League is without doubt one of the most picturesque settings and takes place on the Place de la Navigation on the shores of Lake Geneva (August 21).
Lausanne’s pole vault road meet (Getty)
This yr’s line-up is headlined by double Olympic champion and world record-holder Mondo Duplantis, who claimed his second gold in Paris with a brand new finest mark of 6.25m.
He completely loves it in Lausanne and has cleared heights of 6.07m and 6.10m within the Swiss metropolis.
Sam Kendricks and Emmanouil Karalis, who claimed silver and bronze respectively behind Duplantis in Paris, will participate.
Olympic champion from London 2012 Renaud Lavillenie, who remains to be going sturdy at 37, can also be all the way down to compete.
Forward of the Lausanne Diamond League, listed here are a number of the most picturesque pictures from pole vault road meets down the years.
Luke Cutts on the Nice North Metropolis Video games in 2013 (Newcastle)
Luke Cutts (Mark Shearman)
Renaud Lavillenie on the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Video games in 2014 (London)
Renaud Lavillenie (Mark Shearman)
Yarisley Silva on the Nice Metropolis Video games in 2015 (Manchester)
Yarisley Silva (Mark Shearman)
Romana Malacova on the European Video games in 2015 (Baku)
Romana Malacova (Getty)
Common pole vault shot in practice station on the Diamond League in 2018 (Zurich)
Pole vault at Zurich Diamond League (Mark Shearman)
A basic pole vault shot of Pont d’Arcole – an occasion to have fun the Olympics in 2018 (Paris)
Pole vault in Paris (Getty)
Common pole vault shot of the Rhein-Ruhr road meet in 2023 (Dusseldorf)
Rhein-Ruhr pole vault meet (Getty)
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