American Katie Nageotte won Olympic gold in the women’s pole vault on Thursday.
The big picture: Russian Anzhelika Sidorova won the silver medal while Britain’s Holly Bradshaw took the bronze.
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Nageotte, 30, won with a height of 4.90m.
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She made her Olympic debut in Tokyo after failing to qualify for the 2016 Rio Games.
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