Peaking at 5.63m, Robin Emig kicked off his 2023 season in a very good way by winning the Bordeaux Starperche this Sunday, with a new personal best beaten by thirteen centimeters. On the women’s side, the competition saw the Spaniard Malen Ruiz de Auza shine, ahead of the French Ninon Chapelle and Margot Chevrier, tied for second in the trials.
Robin Emig. Not sure that this name is familiar to you among French pole vaulters. Much less in any case than Renaud Lavillenie, Valentin Lavillenie, Anthony Ammirati or Thibaut Collet, author of a very successful comeback in the United States last night with 5.81 m. The bronze medalist of the 2019 European Juniors in Boras (Sweden) has begun to make himself well known in the landscape of French athletics. It’s the magic of athletics where in a competition you can explode your personal bests and change dimensions in the space of an evening. The proof with the Haut-Alpin who arrived in the Gironde city with a best jump of 5.50 m achieved during the All Star Perche 2022 and who improved his mark by thirteen centimeters. « It was long ! “. It is with this sentence that Robin Emig summarized his competition in which he will have pricked his pole thirteen times in the stopper.
After placing a “suitcase” at 5.18 m, the 21-year-old pole vaulter had to try three times to erase 5.33 m then 5.44 m, which proves that he has a great temperament. Then, he easily passed 5.53 m, already improving his record by three centimeters. Then at the stroke of 9:20 p.m., thehe speakers at the Palais des Sports in Bordeaux spit out the notes of the famous hit “ Hotel Room Service from Pitbull to give rhythm to his twelve strides and accompany him as it should on his second attempt at 5.63 m which he brilliantly managed to tame. The pupil of Franck Rolland then failed at 5.73 m but sets a date for future national deadlines. During which he will certainly be one of the contenders for the podium. ” I do a great first bar and I gain a little too much confidence. My second bar, which was supposed to be a formality, I pass on the third try, maybe that’s what hurts me a little during my third try at 5.73 m, I ran out of juice. »
The beautiful story of the evening!
European junior bronze medalist in 2019, Robin Emig flew over the StarPerche competition, peaking at 5.63m, a personal best improved by 13cm
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“With the objective of going to 5.80 m and 5.90 m”
While France is full of talent and young pole vaulters who are among the most promising men on the planet, Robin Emig has showed undeniable potential. ” We will stay on twelve strides this winter with the objective of going to 5.80 m and 5.90 m. For the moment, we are concentrating on the next competition, the Perche en Or in Roubaix (January 28) where I will start a little higher. My last competition was at the All Star Perche last February but I had injured myself and had spent all of 2022 trying to heal myself. We’re getting out of it, it’s been three or four months since I was able to take the jump again “. During the health crisis, Robin Emig had installed a saltire in his garden while waiting to be able to resume official competitions. We have the impression of having already vaguely seen this somewhere…
Ninon Chapelle and Margot Chevrier set a date
Robin Emig is not the only one to have provided the show. The ladies also took part in it. While palme returned to the Spanish Mill Ruiz de Auza with 4.43 m, the French showed that things were falling into place. ” VSIt’s been a long time since I’ve jumped like this “, entrusts Ninon Chapel to his coaches Sébastien Homo and Emmanuel Chapelle after crossing 4.23 m. On his side, Margot Chevrier who wished ” prepare for upcoming competitions » made the best comeback of his young career. The two French pole vaulters, who finished tied for second place with 4.43 m, were satisfied with their performance. The Greek Nikoleta Kyriakopouloufinalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, did not cross a single bar, failing in his three attempts at 4.23 m.
Victory for Malen Ruiz de Auza
The Spaniard distinguished herself in the women’s StarPerche competition with a bar at 4.43 m, beating Ninon Chapelle and Margot Chevrier in the trials.
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Kevin Mayer had fun
For four years now, we have found the sport we love at Starperche with undisguised pleasure. It was 7 p.m. this Sunday at the Palais des Sports in Bordeaux and here is the time for the presentation of the acrobats. One by one, they marched into the arena to applause. Last to enter the track, Kevin Mayer rightfully received a standing ovation from the audience when the announcer announced his name. ” It’s a fairly compact room and you really feel the audience close to you. You have to know how to take advantage of these moments ». Aligned in the Elite competition, the decathlon world record holder was content with 5.03 m on his second attempt. The leader of French athletics, whose personal best is 5.60m (Rouen in 2018), struggled to find his bearings on the runway due to a faster end of the race than usual, which would have deserved bigger poles than those in these hands. ” It was not a problem of form this evening, a pole was missing in my sheath, I did not take a bigger one either. I failed to do the right thing with the other. I haven’t jumped since Eugene in competition. It was a very good session. I had some very good advice from Philippe d’Encausse, I find that very encouraging because I’m fast at the end of my race. It allows you to take bigger poles but unfortunately I missed them, we will try not to forget them next time. »
The rest of his competition program? The Clermont-Ferrand X-Athletics Meeting (January 28 and 29), the Miramas Meeting (February 3) and the All Star Pole Vault (February 26), still pole vaulting. The double decathlon world champion (2017 in London and 2022 in Eugene) also indicated that he is giving himself time to reflect on his participation in the European Indoor Championships in Istanbul (Turkey, March 2 to 5) in the heptathlon, for which he has held the European record since 2017 ( 6479 dots). ” For the moment, physically, there is no alert, but it is really a bonus the winter season to adjust me for the summer. I’ll go if I have the legs to do a big thing, if I feel like I can’t do more than 6400 points, I’ll book myself for the summer. »
Look who’s back…
Kevin Mayer easily clears 5.03m on his second attempt in the Bordeaux StarPerche competition! ✅️
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The Elite B competitions, which delivered beautiful confrontations, and allowed the youth to express themselves, had already set the tone of the day with the victory of the Spaniards Juan Luis Bravo Recio (5.43 m) and andrea san jose (4.33m). The 2021 junior world vice-champion Elise the Russian finished second with 4.23m, height also erased by Charlotte Iva.
All the results of the Bordeaux Starperche, in click here.
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