Olympics-Athletics-Australia's Kennedy soars to women's pole vault title

Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Women's Pole Vault Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 07, 2024. Nina Kennedy of Australia celebrates with her national flag after winning gold REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach

PARIS (Reuters) -Australia's Nina Kennedy soared to the gold medal in the Olympic women's pole vault on Wednesday, a year after she shared gold at the world championships with American Katie Moon.

The 27-year-old Kennedy cleared a season's best 4.90 metres in a victory that was also redemption for the Tokyo Olympics in which injuries caused her to be eliminated in the preliminary round.