Russian two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, foreground, seen after receiving an award from President Dmitry Medvedev, background, during a ceremony at the Moscow Kremlin on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia holds the Laureus World Sport award 2009 in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Laureus World Sports Awards are the sports awards honoring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia receives the Laureus World Sport award 2009, from Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton, in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Laureus World Sports Awards are the sports awards honoring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia claps her hands after receiving the Laureus World Sport award 2009, in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Laureus World Sports Awards are the sports awards honoring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia holds the Laureus World Sport award 2009 in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Laureus World Sports Awards are the sports awards honoring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia holds the Laureus World Sport award 2009, she received from Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. View Photo »
Yelena Isinbayeva from Russia kisses the Laureus World Sport award 2009 in Rome, Wednesday, May 27, 2009. The Laureus World Sports Awards are the sports awards honoring the greatest sportsmen and women across all sports each year. View Photo »
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses for photographers with his "Athlete of the Year Award", in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards on Sunday. View Photo »
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses for photographers with his "Athlete of the Year Award", in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year awards on Sunday. View Photo »
Prince Albert II of Monaco, left, poses for photographers with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, center, as they hold their "Athlete of the Year Awards", in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. View Photo »
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, left, pose for photographers as they hold their "Athlete of the Year Awards", in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. View Photo »
IAAF President Lamine Diack, left, awards Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, the Athlete of the Year Award, as Prince Albert II of Monaco, center, looks on, in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. View Photo »
Prince Albert II of Monaco, left, poses for photographers with Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, and Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, as they hold their "Athlete of the Year Awards", in Monaco, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. View Photo »