PARIS — France's former Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie has found a way to keep his competitive juices flowing during the coronavirus lockdown by staging an "international home containment competition". Lavillenie, who won Olympic gold in London and silver in Rio, posted a video on Twitter of one jump on Saturday, when he raced down the garden path and soared 5.61 metres into the bright blue skies above Pérignat-lès-Sarliève in Auvergne. "Day 20," he wrote above the video, which was accompanied by his own commentary. "Everything is under control! Tears of joy on my face after a 5m61 today during my international home containment competition."

Source: International New York Times April 05, 2020 03:00 UTC