Track & Field star Katie Moon of Olmsted Falls became the first woman to win three consecutive world outdoor titles in the pole vault.

The Olympic gold medalist competed earlier this week at the world championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Moon spoke with News 5 anchor Rob Powers about her final attempt before victory.

" Katie, did you think the bar was coming down?" Rob asked.

"I felt like it was a 50/50. I knew that I had given it a pretty good hit, but I also knew with the way that I hit it, it could stay. But that's why I laid there for a minute... I kept looking at both sides of the bar, like where it rests on the pegs, like, 'It's still there. It's still there,'" Moon said.

She won gold in her last championship during the COVID-modified Olympic Games in 2021.

This time around, Moon sa

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