Top men's pole vault jumpers play in remote format May 4: 7:49
While competitions have been postponed or canceled one after another due to the spread of new coronavirus infection, top athletes of track men's pole vault on the ground must compete at each practice place, and the remote form must be turned off, as sports lights must be turned off Opened a competition to compete.
Participants were the French Olympic gold medalist Renault Lavilleni of the men's pole vault, French last year gold medalist Sam Kendrix of the United States, and World Championship silver medalist Sweden's Armand Duplantis. There are 3 players.
While the infection continued to spread, the three people continued to practice at their respective bases, but planned a remote-style tournament in which sports lights should not be turned off.
Instead of competing for the height of the jumped bar as in the past, it was a special rule to compete for the number of times you can jump the bar set to 5 meters within the 30 minute time limit.
The state of the competition is distributed live over the world on the Internet, and all three with their own personal abilities of over 6 meters clear 5 meters one after another at an amazing pace of more than once a minute. went.
Kendrix's pace slowed down in the middle of the game, and Labileni and Duplantis, who had hit a single fight, jumped 36 times and ended in a draw.
Kendricks, who was 26 times, did not make one mistake, and each performed high performance to entertain the land fans.
Many of the fans who watched the game commented, "It made me feel very close to the pole vault during difficult times," and "I can't wait for the tournament." It was