World pole vault champion Nina Kennedy scores podium finish at Doha Diamond League meet
7 months, 4 weeks ago

World pole vault champion Nina Kennedy scores podium finish at Doha Diamond League meet

ABC  

In short: Nina Kennedy and Molly Caudery both cleared 4.73m but the Australian finished second on countback. World pole vault champion Nina Kennedy has launched back into Diamond League competition in impressive fashion, leading the way as four Olympic-bound Australian athletes made the podium in Doha. Western Australian Kennedy, perhaps Australia's top hope for track and field gold at the Paris Games, finished second in her first international competition of the year, beaten only on countback by Great Britain's world indoor champion Molly Caudery. There were also top-three finishes for Jess Hull, Matthew Denny and Eleanor Patterson in the third Diamond League meet of the season. She says she is a different athlete after winning the world title in Budapest alongside American Katie Moon last year, as well as claiming victory at the Zürich Diamond League meet.

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Nina Kennedy's pole vault gold, Matt Denny's discus bronze help Australia to greatest day in Olympic history
5 months ago

Nina Kennedy's pole vault gold, Matt Denny's discus bronze help Australia to greatest day in Olympic history

ABC  

Nina Kennedy has ousted reigning Olympic champion Katie Moon to claim the gold medal in the women's pole vault in Paris. Kennedy became Australia's first-ever women's champion in a field event after clearing 4.90 metres to win gold ahead of Moon and Canada's Alysha Newman. The 27-year-old's win made it a record 18 gold medals for Australia at the Paris …

Nina Kennedy's Paris Games pole vault gold a fitting way for Australia to reach its greatest ever Olympic heights
5 months ago

Nina Kennedy's Paris Games pole vault gold a fitting way for Australia to reach its greatest ever Olympic heights

ABC  

The only thing left for Nina Kennedy to do was believe. Now Kennedy is the number one ranked women's pole vaulter in the world, the reigning world champion and the favourite in Paris. Nina Kennedy clears the bar at 4.90m to win the gold medal. In all likelihood, clearing the bar with her next jump would be enough for her …

Australian pole vault star Nina Kennedy focused on mental preparation ahead of the Paris Olympics
7 months ago

Australian pole vault star Nina Kennedy focused on mental preparation ahead of the Paris Olympics

ABC  

In short: World pole vault champion Nina Kennedy is focusing on mental preparation ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. World pole vault champion Nina Kennedy is focusing on mental preparation ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. West Australian pole vault world champion Nina Kennedy will be among more than 10,000 athletes to descend on Paris in search of …

Duplantis sets pole vault world record in opening Diamond League meet in China
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Duplantis sets pole vault world record in opening Diamond League meet in China

Associated Press  

XIAMEN, China — Armand Duplantis added a centimeter to his own pole vault world record after clearing 6.24 meters at the season-opening Diamond League meet on Saturday. The first night of the outdoor season finished off with Christian Coleman winning the 100 meters in 10.13 seconds from fellow American Fred Kerley, who placed second in 10.17. Gudaf Tsegay, who holds …

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Duplantis betters own pole vault World Record again at Xiamen Diamond League

The Hindu  

Armand Duplantis put down a marker ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics as the Swede broke his own pole vault world record with a 6.24 metres effort in the first Diamond League meeting of the 2024 season on Saturday. Duplantis bettered his previous mark of 6.23 metres set at the Eugene Diamond League finale in September, clearing the bar with …

Pole Vaulter Katie Moon’s Paris Olympics preparations “So far, so good”
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Pole Vaulter Katie Moon’s Paris Olympics preparations “So far, so good”

The Hindu  

Katie Moon of USA believes that her gesture to share pole vault gold with Australia’s Nina Kennedy during last year’s World Athletics Championships was born out of an innate feeling of relatedness, and it did not require a pre-existing bond. “It really just comes down to how you’re feeling on the day, how they’re feeling on the day, what both …

World champion Nina Kennedy sets Australian pole vault record at Zürich Diamond League meet
1 year, 4 months ago

World champion Nina Kennedy sets Australian pole vault record at Zürich Diamond League meet

ABC  

Australia's world champion Nina Kennedy has continued her outstanding form by soaring to a national pole vault record at the Zürich Diamond League meet. Key points: Kennedy cleared a world-leading 4.91 metres to claim the win Katie Moon was runner-up a week after sharing the world title with Kennedy The Zürich event was held on a specially constructed track inside …

Zurich Diamond League 2023: Nina Kennedy pips Katie Moon to win pole vault at a train station
1 year, 4 months ago

Zurich Diamond League 2023: Nina Kennedy pips Katie Moon to win pole vault at a train station

The Hindu  

Australian Nina Kennedy, fresh from sharing world championships gold with American Katie Moon in Budapest last week, ensured a stand-alone victory in another nail-biting pole vault competition in Zurich on Wednesday. The pole vault was held a day earlier than the main Diamond League programme at the famed Letzigrund Stadium, on a specially constructed track at Zurich Hauptbahnhof, the city’s …

Pole vault champion Katie Moon hits out at critics after sharing World Championships gold with Australian Nina Kennedy
1 year, 4 months ago

Pole vault champion Katie Moon hits out at critics after sharing World Championships gold with Australian Nina Kennedy

ABC  

World pole vault champion Katie Moon has hit back at critics who called her "shameful" and "pathetic" for sharing the gold medal with Australian vaulter Nina Kennedy. Key points: Katie Moon wrote on Instagram that she wanted to "enlighten" those who called her "shameful" online Moon wrote that the athletes "were exhausted" after four hours of competition and needed to …

Who is Aussie pole vault world champion Nina Kennedy? Meet the gold medal winner who is 'stronger than rugby's most powerful stars'
1 year, 4 months ago

Who is Aussie pole vault world champion Nina Kennedy? Meet the gold medal winner who is 'stronger than rugby's most powerful stars'

Daily Mail  

Nina Kennedy's pole vault gold medal win at the World Championships on Thursday is the high point of a career that saw her battle back to the top of her sport after suffering a broken back. Kennedy's incredible gold medal win in Budapest saw her make an incredible sporting gesture to her rival for the title, America's Katie Moon The …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moon, Kennedy share pole vault title
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Moon, Kennedy share pole vault title

The Hindu  

American Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy decided to share the gold medal in a dramatic women’s pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. Both cleared 4.90 metres in an event that stretched two hours and 10 minutes, but missed on all three attempts at 4.95 and decided to share the victory rather than go to a …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s pole vault
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s pole vault

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s pole vault in Budapest: Katie Moon Katie Moon, the reigning World and Olympic champion, is the favourite in the women’s pole vault event. | Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES Moon’s compatriot, Sandi Morris has …

Diamond League: Duplantis dominates Stockholm pole vault as hurdlers dodge protesters
1 year, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Duplantis dominates Stockholm pole vault as hurdlers dodge protesters

The Hindu  

Pole vault star Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, watched by his mother, attempted a world record, and climate protesters added “an 11th hurdle” in the rain-hit Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday. The pole vault was delayed for two hours by the wet weather, as the sound system in Stockholm’s venerable Olympic Stadium, played “Let the Sunshine In” from the musical …

Diamond League: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Equals World-Leading Time to Win 100 in Paris
2 years, 6 months ago

Diamond League: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Equals World-Leading Time to Win 100 in Paris

News 18  

Three-time Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce equalled her world-leading time of the year in winning the 100 meters in 10.67 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday. She also beat Jamaican countrywoman and two-time reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah’s meet record of 10.72, set last year. Olympic bronze medallist Yaroslava Mahuchikh also set a world-leading mark for …

Diamond League: Karsten Warholm injured on Rabat return, Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 100m
2 years, 7 months ago

Diamond League: Karsten Warholm injured on Rabat return, Elaine Thompson-Herah wins 100m

Firstpost  

After a blistering start out of the blocks, Warholm abruptly stopped after clipping the first hurdle, clutching the back of his right thigh. Karsten Warholm, the Olympic champion and world-record holder in the 400m hurdles, pulled up injured on his return to competition at the Diamond League meet in Rabat on Sunday, just weeks before the Norwegian star defends his …

Diamond League: Thompson-Herah, Duplantis set meet records in final
3 years, 3 months ago

Diamond League: Thompson-Herah, Duplantis set meet records in final

The Hindu  

Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah led a host of Olympic champions to glory in an action-packed Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday, just a month after the end of the Tokyo Games. Thompson-Herah crowned what she called an "amazing" season by scorching to victory in the 100m in a meet record of 10.65sec, finishing ahead of Britain's Dina Asher-Smith …

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