MOSCOW (Reuters) – Germany’s Raphael Holzdeppe was a shock winner of the men’s world pole vault title on Monday as he edged red-hot favourite Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie on countback. Both men failed three times to clear 5.96 metres but the German had been faultless in moving up through the heights…
MOSCOW (AP) — Raphael Holzdeppe of Germany won the men’s pole vault Monday at the world championships, beating Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie of France. Both Holzdeppe and Lavillenie jumped 19 feet, 3 ¾ inches, but the German won because of fewer misses. Bjoern Otto of Germany, the silver medalist at…
