PARIS, France — Team USA's Katie Moon, of Powder Springs, Georgia, won the silver medal during the women's pole vault final at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
Moon, the defending gold medalist of the event, fell just short in the last moments of the final. After she chose to pass on her second 4.90 attempt, she only had two more attempts to clear the 4.95. However, Moon failed to take off on her first attempt and then dropped the bar on her second.
In the end, Australia's Nina Kennedy won the gold, and Canada's Alysha Newman claimed the bronze medal.
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Georgia connection: Lives in Powder Springs; Country: USA
More about this athlete: Kaite Moon, who many might have previously known as Katie Nageotte before she got married in 2022, won gold in the women's pole vault at the Tokyo Olympics.
Moon, who is 33, now lives in metro Atlanta. She left for Paris after finishing second at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials.
Her medal record is extensive and includes World Championships golds both in 2023 and 2022.
