Renaud Lavillenie owns the pole vault world record of 6.16 meters, or 20 feet, 2.5 inches. He may also now hold the world record for pole vaulting while dressed as the Michelin Man.
The 2012 Olympic champion from France cleared 3.10 meters, or 10 feet, 2 inches, according to a video tweeted from his account Monday (with a belly more than one foot wide complicating matters).
Michelin confirmed that it was Lavillenie in the costume.
Lavillenie is sponsored by Michelin. He took silver at the 2016 Olympics (behind surprise Brazilian Thiago Braz) and bronze at the 2017 World Championships (won by American Sam Kendricks).
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La réponse en image.... 3m10 pour Bibendum 👍🏼 !!! ( avec 40cm de ventre 🙊) @TeamMichelin @Michelin pic.twitter.com/rgDcAF057P
— Renaud LAVILLENIE OLY (@airlavillenie) March 26, 2018
