Romain Mesnil, who won a silver medal at the 2007 Athletics World Championships in Osaka, used to be sponsored by U.S. sports brand Nike but says his contract expired last year and was not renewed.

• 2007年大阪世界运动锦标赛撑竿跳亚军得主罗曼．梅斯尼曾接受美国体育品牌耐吉的赞助，但他说，他的合约去年到期，而且没有续约。