Damper: The Laskaris 5th with 5.40m., “Touched” the medal, the Chryssanthopoulos 10th with 5.20m.

Close to a medal found Panagiotis Laskaris in the pole vault final at the European Junior Championships in Tampere. The Greek champion spent 5.40 meters and equaled his personal record and then tried to get into the medals xeprnontas 5.50 meters, but had three failed attempts and took 5th place. In the race we had a double Greek participation by Theodore Chrysanthopoulos with 5.20m. occupying the 10th position.

The final started with Lascaris letting 5.00m. and pass the first 5.10m. while Chryssanthopoulos left both these heights. O Chryssanthopoulos later passed the first 5.20m. and left the Laskaris. At 5.30m. the Chryssanthopoulos failed three times, while the Lascaris spent with the 3rd 5.30m. and the first 5.40m., and failed three times at 5.50m. The gold medal won by Russian Anton Ivakin with 5.60m., Who had taken part in mitingk in Zappeio. The silver took the Pole Robert Sobera with 5.60m. and bronze ‘shared’ the German Daniel Clemens and Frenchman Valentin Lavillenie, brother of Renaud with 5.50m.

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