Olympic medalist Thiago Braz started the cycle well towards the Paris 2024 Games. Gold at Rio 2016 and bronze at last year at the Tokyo Olympics, the São Paulo won the silver medal in the pole vault at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de -Calais, in the city of Liévin, in northern France. The Brazilian scored 5.81 meters, achieving his best mark this year. The competition in Liévin is valid for the 2022 indoor world circuit gold series of the International Athletics Federation (World Athletics). 
IT’S PRAAAAAAAAAATA! ???
It’s from the Olympic champion Thiago Braz!
He jumped 5.81 at the Pas-de-Calais Meeting ??
You have to respect Thiago! ?? pic.twitter.com/LVIBTBxh7b
— Team Brazil (@timebrasil) February 17, 2022
Thiago Braz was only behind the North American Cristopher Nilsen, with 5.91 m, who took the gold. The Dutchman with Menno Vloon, who also jumped 5.81 m like the Brazilian, was bronze due to tie-breaking criteria.
On January 5 this year, Thiago Braz returned to training in Italy, with Ukrainian Vitaly Petrov. Last Friday (11), the Brazilian also shone by winning the silver medal, with a jump of 5.71 m in the Orlen Indoor Cup (silver series competition) in the city of Lodz (Poland).
