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,…
With only two boys having cleared five metres this season, French athlete Matthias Orban and South African Valco van Wyk will turn out as the favourites on paper. Orban boasts a career best of 5.12, which is 12 centimetres higher than Van Wyk’s best, and he will be confident of…
