
One week before he celebrates his 29th Birthday Renaud Lavillenie will again be present at the AG Insurance Memorial Van Damme. Lavillenie has collected almost as many titles now as did his big idol Sergej Bubka. World Champion in Athletics is the only global title that Lavillenie hasn’t won yet. That is the one he is aiming to conquer in Beijing at the end of August. 11 days later Lavillenie will compete in the King Baudouinstadium in Brussels where he targets a 6m-jump. No athlete has ever jumped that height in Brussels, not even his idol Bubka…