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Katie Moon wanted to split the gold Nina Kennedy wanted to split the gold too The pole vaulters knew that was possible thanks to a pair of high jumpers who turned their tie at the Olympics two years ago into a feelgood moment where everyone walked away a winnerMoon and Kennedy did the same thing Wednesday night at IAAF World Championships cementing their friendship by agreeing to split the title after finishing in a tie for first placeldquoI kind of looked at her and said lsquoHey girl you maybe want to share thisrdquo Kennedy recounted Moon did She definitely did ldquoWhat an amazing nightrdquo Moon said ldquoI hope everyone enjoyed that onerdquoThey can thank Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar and Gianmarco Tamberi Italy for the ideaAlso Read To play or not to play that is the questionTwo years ago at the Tokyo Olympics they paved the way to splitting a title when they finished deadlocked in the high jump It sent Tamberi into all sorts of celebrations including a bellyflop onto the track Tamberi won a title of his own Tuesday night in BudapestIn high jump and pole vault athletes keep jumping until they miss three attempts in a row Ties are broken by who has more misses at a certain height If still tied they count the number of misses through the entire final If therersquos still no difference a jumpoff ensues But when an official at the Olympics told Barshim and Tamberi that a tie was possible they jumped at itAnd so a precedent was setldquoItrsquos funny because until the Olympics I never realised you could split the gold medalrdquo said Moon the Olympic champion from the United States who now gets credit for defending her world title ldquoI just didnrsquot realise that was a thing Coming into this coming into the meet you donrsquot expect that itrsquos going to come down to something like thatldquoAnd itrsquos funny because I never knew what I do in the momentrdquoMoon I just said yeahMoon and Kennedy an Australian missed all three tries at 495 meters 16 feet 2 34 inches Right after Moon looked at the official to gain some sort of clarificationldquoHe said there was going to be a jump off and I just assumed Kennedy would want to so I just said yeahrsquordquo Moon said Moon said that only because she already had a title to herself and she at first assumed Kennedy would want a chance to win her own too But Moon was exhausted So was Kennedy whose legs were cramping ldquoAnd then when it looked like she maybe didnrsquot want to go to a jump off it was like I donrsquot want to eitherrsquordquo Moon said ldquoLike Did we just become best friendsrsquordquoldquoWe were pushing each other to the absolute limitrdquo Kennedy said ldquoAbsolutely incredible to share the medal with Katie Moon Wersquove been friends for so long so itrsquos super special I knew I could get on the podium but it was a miracle to get the gold So I think a miracle happened tonightrdquo Kennedy thought she might have won the contest when she cleared 490m on her third and final attempt Moon had to clear that height too or gold went exclusively to KennedyWarholm wins 400m hurdlesMeanwhile Norwayrsquos Karsten Warholm powered to victory in the 400meter hurdles Wednesday night then put on his trademark Viking horns to celebrate his third gold medal at the world championshipsWarholmrsquos story goes back to six years ago at worlds where he became a meme when he crossed the line first and reacted with a look of pure shock think Edvard Munchrsquos ldquoThe Screamrdquo He celebrated a gold medal he didnrsquot fully expect by donning Viking horns for his postrace celebrationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever