Nina Kennedy reveals hilarious X-rated nickname she would give herself after Australian pole vaulter’s Olympic Games triumph in Paris
- Nina Kennedy has revealed the hilarious nickname she would give herself
- Kennedy, 27, won Olympic gold in the pole vault
- She has won legions of new fans with her infectious personality
Nina Kennedy’s refreshing honesty has won her a new fan base at the Olympics, and Australia’s latest gold medallist was back with a hilarious reaction after her win in Paris.
Kennedy defeated American rival Katie Moon on Wednesday to win the top prize in the women’s pole vault, achieving her long-held dream of standing alone on the podium after sharing gold with the Team USA star in Budapest last year.
The 27-year-old, who wears her heart on her sleeve, was overcome with emotion after her victory and shed tears of joy as her friends and family looked on at the Stade de France.
And she was just as candid with the TV cameras after her victory.
She brazenly called Nine’s Tony Jones ‘Chompers’ after her interview with the Australian presenter, the Melbourne-based Sunday Footy Show host who is known in AFL circles for his dislike of the nickname that mocks his teeth.
It wasn’t the only off-hand comment Kennedy made on Wednesday night, however. The Australian revealed the hilarious, yet X-rated, nickname she gave herself when Channel 10 asked her how others would describe her.
“What would they have said about me? Maybe something like fierce with a little bit of crazy. Maybe, I don’t know, a little bit of fun? Can you tell me what they said?”
The interviewer responded: ‘They just said you’re amazing and determined and all those things that I think Australia thinks you are too.’
Nina Kennedy has revealed the X-rated but hilarious nickname she would give herself
The Australian pole vaulter has won a lot of new fans with her infectious personality
Kennedy responded unprompted: “F***ing maddog.”
After realizing her dream of becoming an Olympic champion, Kennedy set herself an ambitious new goal: to break Yelena Isinbayeva’s world record of 5.06 meters.
“I don’t know if anyone watched my London Diamond League event (which she won in early July with 4.85 metres), but I had a really good effort in the 4.95 metres,” she told reporters immediately after her Olympic victory.
‘That was probably the first time I thought to myself, ‘You know, maybe the world record is achievable.’
‘Tonight was about winning gold.
‘And you know, I’m still quite young in the grand scheme of things.
‘So maybe that world record will come in a few years.’