#pole-vault

#pole-vault

USA's Katie Moon leapt to gold in Tokyo on Wednesday in a thrilling final to become the first woman to win three successive pole vault titles at the World Athletics Championships. Moon has fond memories of Japan she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. This time she edged out compatriot Sandi Morris with a final successful leap at a season's best 4.90m. Morris, a silver medalist at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, placed second on 4.85m.

I don't have full confidence in my body, the 28-year-old says, two weeks out from an unprecedented challenge in her esteemed career. But that's OK, because I have learned that there are a hundred ways to get the same outcome, and we're just going a different route to normal. Much has changed for the hyper-competitive Kennedy since the Paris Games 13 months ago. Physically, her left hamstring has been surgically repaired.