FILE PHOTO: Athletics - World Athletics Indoor Tour - Arena Stade Couvert, Lievin, France - February 9, 2021 France's Renaud Lavillenie in action during the men's pole vault REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
(Reuters) - Olympic 2012 pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie of France withdrew from the European Indoor Athletics championships with a calf injury on Friday.
"During my final training session this morning, I felt a sharp pain in my right calf," the 34-year-old, who was looking forward to challenging world record holder Armand Duplantis in Torun, Poland, said in a statement.
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