"American pole vaulter Katie Moon captured her third consecutive world title on Wednesday, displaying a flare for the dramatic in her latest victory. Moon, down to her final attempt at a season's best 4.90 meters (16 feet-3/4 inch), snatched the title away from fellow American Sandi Morris, who was poised to win the event after posting her own season's best mark of 4.85-meters (15 feet, 9 inches)."
""It definitely wasn't an immediate moment of elation, because I wasn't sure," Moon said. "But I'd seen it settle enough that I knew it wasn't coming down. I obviously would've loved to have cleared it without touching it, but I'll take it.""
""It's tough when I made '85,' and we moved the bar up and it put pressure on everyone," Morris said. "But I knew it wasn't in the bag.""
Katie Moon won the world pole vault title by clearing 4.90 meters on her final attempt, overtaking Sandi Morris who cleared 4.85 meters. Moon's decisive jump brushed the bar, causing it to wobble but not fall, adding dramatic tension to the victory. Moon has claimed four of the last five major titles, with the lone miss a silver at the Paris Olympics. Sandi Morris, the only American woman to clear 5 meters outdoors, took her fifth major silver and remains without a major gold. Tina Šutej of Slovenia earned the bronze medal.
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