American Katie Nageotte has won gold for Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics women’s pole vault finals on Thursday. The 30-year-old of Cleveland cleared 16 feet, 0.91 inches on her second attempt. It is the third time for the United States in the event’s history to take home gold. “It hasn’t even begun to sink in yet,” Nageotte said after winning from Olympic world champion Anzhelika Sidorova of the ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) Team. “This is the biggest dream I have ever had for myself. And here I am living the dream,” the U.S. gold-winner went on. “I will tell you when it finally sinks in. This is about as good as I could feel. We’ve all been through so much with COVID and everything, I’m really grateful.” Nageotte, who also won the event at U.S. Olympic Trials in June, failed on her first two attempts of the competition at 14 …