France will begin testing electric air taxis in coming months at a hub outside Paris with the goal of having two dedicated flight paths to ferry passengers in time for the 2024 summer Olympics. One route would link Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Le Bourget airports and the other would be…
Form played out on the final day of athletics at the Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday (16), as nine of the 11 stage one winners wrapped up gold medals in Buenos Aires’ final session of athletics. The only change in overall leaders came in the men’s pole vault, where Thierry Baptiste –…
Clermont-ferrand – This weekend, French pole vaulter and world record holder Renaud Lavillenie celebrated a major milestone in his personal life. A 32-year-old athlete, Lavillenie married his longtime partner Anais Poumarat, after being together for 11 years. Their young daughter, Iris, just celebrated her first birthday this past July. Their wedding ceremony…
France’s Renaud Lavillenie, the world record-holder for the men’s pole vault, is the latest star to donate significant competition items to the IAAF Heritage Collection. IAAF Heritage, which aims to preserve and savour artefacts from the best athletics moments to help promote the sport and engage with fans, was publicly launched at…
France’s Kevin Mayer made up for recent disappointments in spectacular style when he set a decathlon world record of 9,126 points at the Decastar event in Talence, France on Sunday. World champion and Olympic silver medallist Mayer surpassed American Ashton Eaton’s 9,045 total at the 2015 world championships in Beijing.…
PARIS (AP) – On a spectacular day for track and field fans, Kevin Mayer of France set a decathlon world record in front of a home crowd, just hours after Eliud Kipchoge smashed the marathon world record in Berlin. Competing at the Decastar event in Talence, southwestern France, world champion…
French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie is the world record holder in the men’s pole vault (6.16 meters). Digital Journal looks back on his pole vault journey in 2018, now that the outdoor season has come to a close. Earlier in the year, this past March, Lavillenie won the men’s pole…
Clermont-ferrand – 2017 World Champion and American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won first place in Clermont-Ferrand, France, after clearing 5.93 meters. This competition took place on February 25, 2018. Kendricks was able to clear 5.93 meters on his first attempt, and this was enough to secure him the win. This was a new…
Stanford grad and Olympic gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi won the pole vault at the Meeting Lievin in France on Tuesday, her 18th consecutive victory. DyeStat’s Erik Boal reported that Stefanidi, also the reigning World champion, cleared a season-best 15-10 on her second attempt. It was her third title in seven…
Matthias Orban of France lived up to expectations on Sunday (16) by dominating the boys’ pole vault final on the last day of the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017. Having entered the competition with a 5.12m personal best, Orban was the only athlete in the field to clear 5.00m,…
