¶2015 WC mPV: Shawn Barber (Can) 19-4¼ (5.90)

[gm]

They haven't shown any vaulting on Eurosport, either, so don't get too snippy with NBC.

[Powell]

4 men eliminated already at 5.50 and 5.65. Now the competition starts in earnest.

[tm71]

They haven't shown any vaulting on Eurosport, either, so don't get too snippy with NBC.

USN just showed Lavillenies clearance at 19 ft. Todd isn't a track guy he does snowboarding guy no analysis like Dwight stones. I do miss Dwight !

[Powell]

Lavillenie, Wojciechowski, Lisek and Barber with a clean card through to 5.80. We'll see how it plays out, but I can imagine a scenario where there are fewer than 3 men clear at 5.90, and this ends up being good enough for a medal.

[Powell]

Holzdeppe clears 5.80 on second try, everyone else is left with one more attempt.

[Powell]

Menaldo clears third time to make it six men over 5.80. Everyone else is out.

[Powell]

Barber the only man over 5.90 on first attempt! He's certainly going to be on the podium.

[tm71]

[QUOTE=Powell;2532464]Barber the only man over 5.90 on first attempt! He's certainly going to be on the podium.

Lavinellie looks like his height is before the bar but u wouldn't hear technically analysis from Todd

[Powell]

Everyone else, including Lavillenie, fails for the second time.

[betterthanb4]

Man! Lavillenie just comes up short.

[Powell]

And Lavillenie is out!

[tm71]

Everyone else, including Lavillenie, fails for the second time.

Lavillenie out ! All three failed jumps the same he won't this time either !

[trevorp]

The height Lavillenie gets is incredible, but his marked deceleration at the end of his run-up seems to affect his penetration.

[Powell]

Lavillenie, Wojciechowski, Lisek and Barber with a clean card through to 5.80. We'll see how it plays out, but I can imagine a scenario where there are fewer than 3 men clear at 5.90, and this ends up being good enough for a medal.

And indeed, only Barber and Holzdeppe clear 5.90, and it will be a three-way tie for bronze between Lavillenie, Wojciechowski and Lisek.

Before Beijing, there had only ever been one case of two Poles standing together on a WC podium (Rogowska and Pyrek in PV in 2009). In Beijing, we already have two such events: mHT and now mPV.

[polevaultpower]

Gold for Barber!!

I broke my Twitter because I got too excited I'm in Twitter jail for an hour

Uhhh yeah... that's $60,000 right there, he's not competing for Akron next year...