Pole vault pair agree to share gold medal at World Championships: ‘Did we just become best friends?!’
1 year, 4 months ago

Pole vault pair agree to share gold medal at World Championships: ‘Did we just become best friends?!’

The Independent  

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It’s funny because until the Olympics, I never realized you could split the gold medal,” said Moon, the Olympic champion from the United States who now gets credit for defending her world title. “He said there was going to be a jump off and I just assumed would want to so I just said, ‘Yeah’,” Moon said. “And then when it looked like she maybe didn't want to, it was like, ‘I don’t want to, either’,” Moon said. “Like, ‘Did we just become best friends?’” open image in gallery Kennedy and Moon embrace after making their decision “We were pushing each other to the absolute limit,” Kennedy said.

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Nina Kennedy's pole vault gold, Matt Denny's discus bronze help Australia to greatest day in Olympic history
4 months, 2 weeks 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
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Pole Vaulter Katie Moon’s Paris Olympics preparations “So far, so good”
11 months, 1 week 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 …

Pole vault champion Katie Moon hits out at critics after sharing World Championships gold with Australian Nina Kennedy
1 year, 3 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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Katie Moon defends decision to share pole vault gold with Nina Kennedy
1 year, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Katie Moon defends decision to share pole vault gold with Nina Kennedy

The Hindu  

American pole vaulter Katie Moon defended her decision to share the gold medal with Nina Kennedy of Australia at the World Athletics Championships, telling critics on social media that to continue competing would have been dangerous. “I know you can’t make everyone happy in this world but in an effort to help people understand the sport that I love so …

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 …

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim
2 years, 7 months ago

Sharing Olympic gold at Tokyo was special but will not happen again, say high-jumpers Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim

Firstpost  

Italian Tamberi and Qatar’s Barshim shared the high jump gold medal in one of the most extraordinary moments of the Tokyo Olympics last year. Doha: Gianmarco Tamberi and Mutaz Essa Barshim, who provided one of the emotional peaks of the Tokyo Olympics by sharing the high jump gold medal, will not repeat the gesture if they are tied again. Barshim, …

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