TOKYO — The gold medals keep on coming for U.S. pole vaulter and Olmsted Falls native Katie Moon.

On Wednesday at the World Championships of track and field in Tokyo, Moon had one last try to clear her season best and, with that, capture her third straight world title.

She nailed it, clearing 4.90 meters (16 feet-3/4 inch) to snatch away the title from another American, Sandi Morris.

Moon’s chest brushed the bar on her way over and it wobbled back and forth, but didn’t fall.

“It definitely wasn’t an immediate moment of elation, because I wasn’t sure,” said Moon, completed collegiately at Ashland University. “But I’d seen it settle enough that I knew it wasn’t coming down. I obviously would’ve loved to have cleared it without touching it, but I’ll take it.”

Moon has now collected four

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