Lavillenie vaults to backyard glory

French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie hardly treated this like a garden-variety competition. Lavillenie, the 2012 Olympic champion, and world recordholder Mondo Duplantis of Sweden shared the gold medal in the Ultimate Garden Clash, a made-for-their-backyards competition. Each vaulter cleared a height of 4.9 metres 36 times in 30 minutes, with one miss. The event also included Sam Kendricks of the U.S.