On Sunday, July 27, on the Promenade des Anglais in front of the Théâtre de Verdure, Pole Vaulting will be in the spotlight. Numerous pole vaulters will be present in Nice to promote this high-level sport before the International Athletics Meeting of Monaco which will take place on the following Tuesday, July 29.
The pole vaulter demonstrations will begin in the morning, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and an introduction will take place in the afternoon, conducted by coaches, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
The day will conclude between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM with a mini-competition featuring the athletes participating in this promotional tour.
Will be present:
- Rodolphe Dodier: NCAA member and Veteran World Champion
- 4.85m
- Andieux Yoann: the youngest member of the team finalist at the
2007 French Youth Championships. 4.70m - Riquier Olivier: the coach-athlete. 4.70m
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Metiri Nourredine: the decathlete pole vaulter, finalist at the
2007 Small States Games. 4.60m.
Ranked as the fourth World Meeting of the year in 2007 with nearly 85,253 points and 12,286 spectators attending the performances of 198 athletes from 41 countries, the Herculis International Athletics Meeting will take place this year on Tuesday, July 29, starting at 7:30 PM.
In addition to being among the six meetings of the IAAF Super Grand Prix, Herculis joined the Lagardère Athlé Tour circuit last year, which brings together the best French meetings. Thus, spectators are guaranteed to see the best French athletes in action on the track at Stade Louis II, along with the best world athletes.
