Athletics-Pole vaulter Moon excited about special Tokyo return


FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Final - Zurich - Zurich, Switzerland - August 27, 2025 Katie Moon of the U.S. reacts during the women's pole vault final REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) -As an Olympic and double world pole vault champion - once famously sharing the gold - Katie Moon has seen and done it all, and she said on Friday her preparation is not about to be derailed by a sub-optimal experience on arrival in Tokyo.

Moon detailed her annoyance on social media after being forced to wait hours for her hotel room, got kicked out, and then reinstated on a long first day ahead of the world championships.

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