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Review: Sam Kendricks wins Domspringen pole vault competition in Germany (Includes first-hand account)

Published

September 9, 2017

Kendricks won the 13th annual Domspringen competition with a clearance of 5.80 meters. There were 5,000 fans in attendance. He left last year’s winner, German athlete Tobias Scherbarth, in second place with 5.60 meters, and Polish pole vaulter Pawel Wojciechowski in third place with 5.60 meters respectively.

This marks an incredible end to a superb 2017 pole vault season for Kendricks, where he was undefeated in every pole vault meeting. This summer, he also set a personal best of 6.00 meters at the U.S. Championships, where he joined the elite six meter club.

Prior to Domspringen, he won the IAAF World Challenge in Berlin, and he won the gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in London with 5.95 meters; moreover, he was named 2017 Diamond League Champion.

In this article:Domspringen, Germany, pole vault, Sam Kendricks, world champion

Written By Markos Papadatos

Markos Papadatos is Digital Journal's Editor-at-Large for Music News. Papadatos is a Greek-American journalist and educator who has authored over 24,700 original articles over the past 20 years. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in music, entertainment, lifestyle, magic, and sports. He is a 19-time "Best of Long Island" winner, where for three consecutive years (2020, 2021, and 2022), he was honored as the "Best Long Island Personality" in Arts & Entertainment, an honor that has gone to Billy Joel six times.