In Rouen, France, high-class pole vaulting competitions took place on Saturday, in which Finnish superstar Wilma Murto participated.
Runner-up in the evening competition in Rouen Wilma Murto exceeded 480 in the first one, but didn’t continue the race anymore because of the little feeling in the leg.
He had cleared the previous heights of 453 in his second, 463 in his first and 473 in his second.
– Wilma was at first going to continue competing after the 480, but then came to say that now I won’t take any risks, when next week is the MM halls, Murro’s coach Jarno Koivunen told.
Murrolle mittelö served as general champion before next weekend 1-3 March. The World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, where the Finn is one of the strongest medal favorites in the women’s pole vault competition.
The result is Murro’s second best indoor result of all time and the third best taking outdoor competitions into account. In his opening of the season, Murto crossed SE 481 of indoor tracks.
– A good race considering that even though there were problems with the platform, Wilma ended up changing a bigger fender to exceed 480. A very interesting competition will be in next week’s World Cup hall, Koivunen predicted.
Murto won European Championship gold at the European Championships in Munich in 2022 with a Finnish record of 485. In addition, he has won the European Championship gold in Istanbul indoor tracks in 2023 with a score of 480 and achieved bronze at the World Championships in Budapest 2023 with a score of 480.
Britain won the French competition on Saturday with the season’s best score of 486 Molly Caudery, who cleared the height first. However, the result 491 was still too much for the good-natured winner, even though one attempt was really close to succeeding. Ranked third in the US Bridget Williams like Murro, he crossed the height of 480 on the first try.
The double win in the men’s race went to the United States when Sam Kendricks exceeded 593 and Christophe Nilsen 583.