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Nina Kennedy soars into the Olympic pole vault final. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Reigning world champion Nina Kennedy made sure to respect the qualifying round and was rewarded with am armchair ride into the Olympic pole vault final as several other big names crashed out.

Kennedy - who shared top spot on the podium at last year's world titles with American Katie Moon - only needed to vault twice for first-up clearances at 4.40m and 4.55m to book her spot in Wednesday night's gold medal decider.

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