World Athletics Indoor Championships: Molly Caudery unable to defend pole vault title with fourth-place finish
Due to technical issues in lifting the bar, the game was postponed by about 40 minutes.
Once recovered, the tail was over 4.7 million – but despite seemingly high enough, she couldn’t avoid getting back on the way in a 475 million attempt.
“I’m really disappointed – I want to come here after last year to do something, and I know I’m in good condition for something,” Caudery told BBC Sport.
“But this game is really hard. There are a lot of problems and we waited for almost an hour at some point.
“I didn’t blame myself too much. I’m not saying I can’t clear the next bar because I think I’ve had three good attempts.
“I feel a little flat to be honest.”
Although the tail entered one of Paris’ 2024 favorites after a breakthrough season, Caudery failed to compete in the Olympic finals last summer, but she broke Holly Bradshaw’s national record with a vault of over 492 million.
Desire to use this disappointment In pursuit of more main titlesCaudery liquidated a $485 million start in February 2025.
She decided to miss the European Indoor Championship defense two weeks ago while encountering a calf injury two weeks ago, but will now focus on the gold medal bid at the World Championships in Tokyo in September.
