Aussie pole vaulter Nina Kennedy wins Diamond League crown in Zurich

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Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nina Kennedy is Diamond League pole-vault champion, producing the second-best vault of her career in the final.

Kennedy cleared 4.81m at the third attempt — her season's best and just one centimetre shy of her personal best.Kennedy's victory earned her $44,000 and a place at the World Championships in Budapest next year."I'm really happy that the world and my competitors especially can see that I am now a factor.Nina Kennedy cleared a season-high 4.81 metres in Zurich.

"The plan is to just keep building. The girls that are winning medals and are up there are getting into their thirties. I definitely feel like I am one of the young ones coming through and I just want to continue this momentum. "I would love to be on the podium in the next two years in Budapest and Paris — they are my goals for the next two years."

Kenya's Nicholas Kipkorir produced a fast finish in the rain to win the men's 5,000 metres and his compatriot Beatrice Chebet took the women's title in a tight race.

 

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