Kendricks bested stiff competition from some of the top pole vaulters in the world. The Mississippi native won after he cleared 5.85 meters on his first attempt. Kendricks went on to try 5.90 meters once, as well as 6.01 meters twice, with no subsequent success. Kendricks is the reigning outdoor world champion.
World record holder, French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie came in second place with 5.80 meters, while Canadian pole vaulter Shawn Barber finished in third place with 5.65 meters.
Earlier this year, Lavillenie was the gold medalist at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, while Barber won the IAAF World Championships in Beijing in 2015.
2018 Diamond League champion Timur Morgunov came in fourth place at the IAAF Continental Cup with 5.65 meters. Morgunov was also the silver medalist in the men’s pole vault competition at the 2018 European Championships, in Berlin, Germany, where he had set a personal best of six meters.
