Molly Caudery gold medal at World Indoor Championships

Bringing home the win for Cornwall and Team GB on Saturday, just three days before St Piran’s Day, Molly came out top in the women’s pole vault.

Born in Truro and now living in Redruth, Molly is also a former member of Mullion Gymnastics Centre.

She was always destined for great things, with the Packet previously reporting how she won bronze in the vault in her first ever county championships, back in 2010, at the tender age of just nine.

Now, just two weeks away from her 24th birthday, Molly is competing for her country.

After a difficult competition, which saw a number of injuries, Molly kept her focus to secure the pole vault win, after New Zealand’s Eliza McCartney was unable to clear the bar at 4.90m.

The competition had been delayed by a terrible fall for France’s Margot Chevrier, who suffered a suspected broken ankle.

Speaking after her win, Caudery told the PA news agency: “I dreamt (of winning) but I wasn’t sure if it could come true.

“It was such a tough competition with six girls coming in over 80, and it was really emotional. I hope a lot of the girls get better as there were some injuries and nasty falls.

“It affected me during the competition because it was so emotional so I want to send my love to them.”

Molly delivered the second British gold of the night for Team GB, after Josh Kerr ended Scotland’s 31-year wait for a world indoor title – doing so on home turf as he stormed to 3,000 metres gold in Glasgow.

Kerr stormed ahead in the final lap to win comfortably in seven minutes 42.98 seconds.

After disappointment for Laura Muir in the women’s 3,000m final earlier in the evening, Kerr’s victory sparked huge celebrations in the Emirates Arena.

There was further medal success for GB on Sunday, when home favourite Jemma Reekie took silver in the 800 metres, on the final night of action in Glasgow.

The 25-year-old Scot clocked a time of 2:02.72 as she finished 0.82 seconds behind Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma.