Piotr Lisek Wins Berlin Pole Vault Over Thiago Braz de Silva and Renaud Lavillenie

By Adam Kopet

The ISATF Indoor meet Friday in Berlin saw a close pole vault competition among some of the top male vaulters in the world.

Piotr Lisek of Poland came out on top with his clearance of 19-1.5 (5.83m). He was one of two vaulters to clear six meters in 2017.

Thiago Braz de Silva of Brazil and Renaud Lavillenie of France finished second and third, respectively, both clearing 18-8.25 (5.70m), but with the Brazilian getting the nod for second on count back.

#istafindoorlive Pole Vault Results:
1. Piotr Lisek (5.83m)
2. Thiago Braz da Silva (5.70m)
3. Renaud Lavillenie (5.70m)
4. Raphael Holzdeppe (5.60m)
5. Shawn Barber (5.60m)

— ISTAF Berlin (@ISTAF_Berlin) January 26, 2018

Lavillenie holds the current world lead at 19-2.75 (5.86m). Lisek took three attempts at 19-3.5 (5.88m), but all were misses.

After all the action finished, the stadium was reorganized for an indoor discus competition featuring Germany's Robert Harting.