PORTLAND: Pole vault stars Renaud Lavillenie and Jenn Suhr lit up the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as the first major event since Russia was banned got under way.

French Olympic champion Lavillenie produced a display of swaggering brilliance to romp to gold at the Oregon Convention Center.

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