NO DOUBTING IT’S THOMAS
MULTI-EVENTER SET ON HIS WAY BY GREAT VAULT
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Thomas van der Plaetsen: scored 8218
BELGIUM’S Thomas van der Plaetsen won a disappointing-standard event.
The World Student Games champion, who fought off testicular cancer, was fourth overnight on 4146 points and made his move in the pole vault where a 5.40m catapulted him from 140 points behind in third into a 46-point lead. A 57.23m javelin throw effectively sealed the title and he won by 61 points from Czech Adam Helcelet.