New World Pole Vault Record! Video!

For all of those Pole Vault fanatics here in NJ. Renaud Lavillenie, a 27 year old French pole vaulter who won gold at the 2012 Olympic games, cleared 6.16m or 20-2.5 ft to set a world record on Februart 15th at a meet in Donetsk, Ukraine. 

He broke the great Sergey Bubka's world record indoor and overall vault which stood for  20+ years! Bubka was in the crowd watching as the record was broken. 

About 50 seconds into the video he makes his attempt.

Let us know who you think will have the highest NJ high school pole vault height at the end of this indoor season (poll).

Another article on the great moment here.