Nina Kennedy with a bronze medal, just two weeks earlier, at the 2022
World Championships, it was expected she would win the gold
medal at the Commonwealth Games and she did. She took just four
vaults in total to win and then two attempts at 4.76m, to beat the games
record (4.75m) of Alysha Newman also of Australia. She did not.
2022 Commonwealth Games, Birmingham.
Final women's pole vault.
1.
|
Nina Kennedy
|
(AUS)
|
|
|
4.60
|
|
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| 2. |
Molly Caudery |
(ENG)
|
|
|
4.45
|
|
|
| 3. |
Imogen Ayris |
(NZL)
|
|
|
4.45
|
=SB
|
|
| 4. |
Olivia McTaggart |
(NZL)
|
|
|
4.45
|
|
|
| 5. |
Anicka Newell |
(CAN)
|
|
|
4.35
|
|
|
| 6. |
Alysha Newman |
(CAN)
|
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
2022 World Championships. Oregon, U.S.A.
Final women's pole vault.
1.
|
Katie Nageotte
|
United States (USA)
|
4.85
|
WL
|
1 attempt
|
|
Failed at 4.90m
|
2.
|
Sandi Morris
|
United States (USA)
|
4.85
|
WL
|
2 attempts
|
|
Failed at 4.90m
|
3.
|
Nina Kennedy
|
Australia (AUS)
|
4.80
|
SB
|
(4.82m her N.R.)
|
|
Failed at 4.90m
|
4.
|
Tina Šutej
|
Slovenia (SLO)
|
4.70
|
|
|
|
|
5.
|
Katerina Stefanidi
|
Greece (GRE)
|
4.70
|
SB
|
|
|
|
6=.
|
Li Ling
|
China (CHN)
|
4.60
|
SB
|
|
|
|
6=.
|
Wilma Murto
|
Finland (FIN)
|
4.60
|
SB
|
|
|
|
| 8. |
Angelica Moser
|
Switzerland (SUI)
|
4.60
|
|
|
|
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