Nina Kennedy triumphed with the pole vault gold at the London Diamond League

Nina Kennedy (Australia) triumphed with the pole vault gold at the London Diamond League. The Australian athlete, who is reigning World and Commonwealth Games champion, won the pole vault event with 4.85m, her season’s second best result.

Nina Kennedy has dominated the final two Diamond League meetings before the Paris 2024 Olympics, winning in Monaco last week with a clearance of 4.88m and today she triumphed with 4.85m.

After clearing the 4.85m and securing the gold, she lifted the bar to 4.95m to practice at the height where the Olympic medals are likely to be decided.

“There was nothing on the line, I’d won the competition and I just wanted to see if I could clear it”, said Nina Kennedy, noting that her third attempt was “really, really close”. “With a bit more pressure and maybe with an Olympic medal riding on that jump, I definitely know I have it in me”, added she.

The silver at London Diamond League went to Alysha Newman (Canada) with 4.75m, while the bronze was for Molly Caudery (Great Britain) with 4.65m.

The Top 5 were completed by Sandi Morris (USA) and Eliza McCartney (New Zealand), both with 4.65m.