France’s Renaud Lavillenie did something that has been impossible for European athletes before, grabbing three major international titles in the same year, as the European Athletics Championships were held for the first time in the same summer as the Olympic Games.Lavillenie, 26, had an astonishing season, both indoors and outdoors.…
Björn Otto has saved the best till last. After two silver medals at the European championships and Olympic Games, the 34-year-old German shot into the world lead when he looped over 6.01m last night at the second attempt in the Domspringen, a special pole vault meeting, in Aachen. It was not only…
