Another golden evening in perspective on the occasion of the third edition of the Perche en Or in Roubaix on Saturday 28 January. The 2023 edition shows again a nice program with the arrival of pmany of the best flyers on the planet. A few days before the northern meeting, we take stock with Adèle Debast, communications officer.
6.02m for Renaud Lavillenie during the first edition, 6.02 m for Chris Nilsen for the second… It would not be surprising to see one or more pole vaulters above the legendary 6-meter bar for the third opus of Perche en Or. The organizing team has once again set up a quality and the evening promises to be spectacular. Summits that the Filipino will also seek to reach Ernest Obiena. The only human to have defeated the Martian Armand Duplantis in 2022 (September 2 at the Brussels Meeting), who had not lost since August 26, 2021, the bronze medalist of the Worlds of Eugene with 5.94 m will perform his first competition of the season. With the exception of Renaud Lavillenie, who will not be jumping in the winter, all the best French pole benders will be treading the Roubaisian jumper.
Thibaut Collet to chain
After a promising comeback at 5.81 m at Reno (United States), his best indoor performance equaled, Thibaut Collet will want to surf on its momentum to at least fly a centimeter higher in order to stamp your ticket for the continental winter rendezvous at Istanbul (Turkey, March 2 to 5). To stimulate it, the reigning French indoor champion can count on Valentin Lavillenievice-champion of Europe indoors 2021 in Torun, Ethan Cormont, Alioune Sene et Mathieu Collet, who will be looking for top-flight performance.
Le Perche en Or will be a new revealer for Robin Emig which will face experienced and accustomed competition of national and even international laurels. The 2019 European Junior bronze medalist, who has a very clean technique and great fluidity, made a strong impression by culminating at 5.63m during the Starperche January 14. ” We have integrated Robin Emig following his great performance in Bordeaux so that he can have fun while achieving a new record to take a new step in his career. », Adèle Debast, in charge of communication for the event. German Raphael Holzdeppeworld champion in Moscow in 2013, the Briton Harry Coppellseventh in the Tokyo Olympics, as well as the Chinese Huang Bokai et Jie Yao intend to join the fight. It’s a safe bet that the bar will rise very high at the end of the competition. ” We are still waiting for feedback from world-class athletes, to follow within the remaining eight days before the event! »
French women want to rise
On paper, the women’s competition, with an uncertain outcome, looks just as exciting. The four best French women on the 2022 balance sheet will be at the end of the jump on January 28 and all have a card to play: The 2022 French Elite champion Margot Chevrier (4.70 m), the French record holder with 4.75 m Ninon Chapel (4,56 m), Marie-Julie-Bonnin (4.55 m) and Elina Giallurachis (4,51 m). « We will find the best French men and women in the Elite A competition. It is a great satisfaction to bring them together again for this 2023 edition. “. The minima for the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul are set at 4.70 m.
Si we are talking about the favourites, the Finnish Wilma MurtoEuropean champion in Munich last summer with 4.75 m, de facto invites herself into the discussion. She won’t have the easy part facing thea Swiss Angelica Moserreigning European indoor champion in Torun in 2021, who has the weapons to annoy her. The Canadian Alysha Newman, sovereign at the Meeting Diamond League de Paris 2019 at the Stade Charlély with 4.82 m, has the best performance of the entrants. The winner of the Commonwealth Games in 2018 has just achieved 4.60 m for her comeback. La Greek Nikoleta Kyriakopouloubronze medalist of the 2019 European Indoors in Glasgow, will want to show another face after her zero point in Bordeaux. Among the other pole vaulters in the running, the Ukrainian It’s Hladiychukwho had written “Stop war” on her cheeks during the 2022 Indoor Worlds in Belgrade, as well as the Chinese Huiqin Xuused to the Perche Elite Tour et Chunge Niu.
« Le Perche en Or is a show”
Disputed for two years at the Léo Lagrange sports complex in Tourcoingthe competition was drelocated this year to Stab Vélodrome de Roubaix due to rehabilitation works. The public will be able to follow a competition B which is particularly high for men and women. ” We have a competition B which also promises to be high-flying, both for women with performances over 4 meters and for men with bars that will be close to 5.50 m. In total, 85 women and 85 men will be present at the 5 weekend competitions. »
All the spectators’ senses will be awakened: Le Perche en Or is a spectacle. We have a desire to propose the creation of a light show with a scenography concocted by our service provider which should greatly please the public. The spectators will find themselves in the dark where they will be able to appreciate the performances of the best international pole vaulters with the program various sound and visual animations, games of light projector of flames and an animation of the giant screens “. In short, all the ingredients for a great evening of athletics.
Live on Team Live
We know some who will not take off from their sofa on Saturday, January 28! Le Perche en Or will be followed live and in clear on the The Live Team (application and site) from 7:00 p.m. ” It is a great satisfaction to be broadcast on L’Équipe Live, it will bring us significant media visibility both for the event and for our private and institutional partners. ».
Competition program
- 09h00 : Regional
- 12h00 : Regional
- 15h00 : Elite B
- 19h00 : Elite A
Entry is free for the regional and Elite B competitions. From 6 p.m., entry becomes payable for the Elite A competition. You can reserve your tickets in click here.
Photo credit: Léo Berret / STADION
