Press brief : Raphael HOLZDEPPE

I hope to jump 5.92 again. I feel that I'm in good shape. The man to beat will be Renaud Lavillenie of course. He might have a bit more pressure because he will want to win in front of his home crowd like me in Berlin. I love competing but I’m trying to compete a bit less this year to avoid injuries and to prepare as well as possible next year’s Olympics. I believe that pole-vault competitions in the street are good for the sport. In a city centre the audience is not seating above the bars like in a stadium. So the spectators might have a better feeling of how high we’re jumping."