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SAINT-DENIS, France — At the end of a grueling three-hour pole vault competition in sun-baked Budapest last August, the U.S.’s Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy made a snap decision that drew surprisingly harsh backlash.
Exhausted and emotionally drained, they chose to share World Championship gold rather than compete in a jump-off to decide an outright winner.
“To walk away healthy and with a gold medal, while celebrating with my friend that had jumped just as well, was a no-brainer,” Moon wrote on Instagram in defense of that decision.