Romain Mesnil running naked after sponsors
March 31, 2009 by Chill Out Point
Filed under Funny
FRENCH pole vaulting champion has run naked with his pole through the streets of Paris and posted the video on the internet, hoping to draw attention to his quest for a new sponsorship deal.
Romain Mesnil, who won a silver medal at the 2007 Athletics World Championships in Osaka, used to be sponsored by US sports brand Nike but says his contract expired last year and was not renewed.
“It was probably for budgetary and strategic reasons. It’s the crisis,” he wrote on his website www.romain-mesnil.com.
Many athletes have reported difficulties obtaining corporate sponsorship as companies cut costs because of the global economic downturn.
