{"id":844913,"date":"2026-03-23T12:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/844913\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:38:14","slug":"cornwalls-molly-caudery-wins-gold-for-great-britain-in-pole-vault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/844913\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornwall&#8217;s Molly Caudery wins gold for Great Britain in pole vault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=cornwall&amp;ref=au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cornwall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cornwall&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cornwall<\/a>\u2019s Molly Caudery has won gold for Great Britain at the World Indoor Championships in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so she reclaimed the pole vault title she won two years ago in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>Caudery was the only woman to clear 4.85m in the pole vault, breaking what had felt like a curse after a shock qualifying exit at the Paris Olympics in 2024 and an ankle injury in the warm-up at last year\u2019s World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cSix weeks ago, I couldn\u2019t get off the ground and I was in a dark place. Today to come here and do this means more than anyone knows. After Paris and after Tokyo, and after last year, it\u2019s just a relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt so good, I haven\u2019t enjoyed jumping so much in such a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Molly is Cornish born and bred, having been born in Truro and living at Illogan near Redruth. She is also a former member of Mullion Gymnastics Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Molly was always destined for great things, with the Packet previously reporting how she won bronze in the gymnastics vault in her first ever county championships, back in 2010, at the tender age of just nine.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Around the age of ten, she transitioned from gymnastics to focus on pole vaulting, training at Carn Brea Leisure Centre, with her father coaching her.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 Molly, then an 18-year-old Sport and Exercise Science student at Truro and Penwith College, took part in the Commonwealth Games as the youngest member of the England team.<\/p>\n<p>Now aged 26, her win on Sunday \u2013 just five days after her birthday \u2013 came as part of an extraordinary half-an-hour for Britain in Torun, in which Keely Hodgkinson stormed to 800m gold in a championship record time and her training partner Georgia Hunter Bell secured her own first global gold in the 1500m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li\/>\n<li\/><\/ul>\n<p>Hodgkinson, who set a new world indoor 800m record last month, took gold in one minute 55.30 seconds and then returned to the track to run the anchor leg in the women\u2019s 4x400m relay final \u2013 part of an experimental quartet which also featured surprise addition Dina Asher-Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think my word this year has been domination,\u201d Hodgkinson, who led the 800m final from the start, told the BBC after the fifth-place relay finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think when I\u2019m in the shape of my life, why leave it to chance, you know? If you\u2019re going to beat me, I\u2019ll make you work hard for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hodgkinson beat Swiss silver medallist Audrey Werro in the 800m final by 1.34secs, while American Addison Wiley rounded out the podium.<\/p>\n<p>It was a full-circle moment for the 24-year-old, who claimed her first senior title at the same venue at the 2021 European indoors and has bounced back from an injury-plagued 2025 to start off her season with a bang.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Hodgkinson conceded it had been a \u201cbusy night\u201d individually, after fulfilling a long-held dream of joining the relay. Her 50.1s split was, incredibly, the fastest leg in a final that started less than an hour after she crossed the line in the 800m.<\/p>\n<p>It also prevented her from seeing Hunter Bell capture her first world title, on a night Hodgkinson felt the British women \u201cabsolutely smashed it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Bell, the world 800m silver and Olympic 1500m bronze medallist, was in fine tactical form, leading the pack that reeled in Ethiopian Birke Haylom before crossing the line in 3:58.53.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>It was another remarkable achievement the 32-year-old Hunter Bell can add to a CV which as recently as 2024 would have listed a very different current employer.<\/p>\n<p>The once prodigious junior athlete returned to running during the Covid-19 pandemic, eventually reuniting with former coach Trevor Painter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time two years ago I was working in tax sales and now I\u2019m the world champion,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy. I hope people can take something away from that. I came back as an adult. Nothing is set in stone and you can really go for anything.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cornwall\u2019s Molly Caudery has won gold for Great Britain at the World Indoor Championships in Poland. 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