Holly Bradshaw wins bronze as Team GB claim first pole vault Olympic medal

Holly Bradshaw clinched bronze in the pole vault to make British Olympic history in Tokyo.

The 29-year-old finished behind the USA's Katie Nageotte and the ROC's Anzhelika Sidorova to further boost Team GB in the Olympic Stadium following the return of Dina Asher-Smith.

She is the first British athlete to win a pole vault medal at an Olympic Games.

Bradshaw finished sixth at London 2012 and fifth five years ago in Rio having also come fourth at the World Championships in 2019 and ended her agonising run in Japan.

Only three along with Bradshaw - Sidorova, Nageotte and Katerina Stefanidi - cleared 4.70m to go into a straight shootout for the podium.

Bradshaw cleared 4.80m at her second attempt, with the bar wobbling, before going over 4.85m first time.

Defending champion Stefanidi's failure at 4.85m and 4.90m guaranteed the Briton a medal but she could not clear the new height and secured bronze.

Bradshaw's medal was just Team GB's second in athletics after Keely Hodgkinson's 800m silver on Tuesday.