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RAS AL KHAIMAH (UEA): In RAK half marathon on Friday this year, both men's and women's elite fields are strong enough to justify optimism once again of, at the least, two fast and highly competitive contests, and at best perhaps more record breaking runs
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Double Olympic champion pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva set the third-best jump of the season of 4.81 meters to clinch her third title of the year, in Lievin, France. The Russian dominated Tuesday's meet, finishing 10 centimeters ahead of Cuba's Yarisley
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva jumps during the pole vault women at the Diamond League athletics meeting Weltklasse on September 8, 2011 in Zurich. View Photo »
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Updated: February 14, 2012, 4:32 PM ET LIEVIN, France -- Lerone Clarke of Jamaica held off French sprinter Christophe Lemaitre to win the 60 meters at the Lievin meet Tuesday. Clarke finished with a world-leading 6.50 seconds, shaving 0.02 off the time h
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The eighth edition of the indoor Pedro’s Cup meet in the Luczniczka arena in Bydgoszcz once again featured multiple international stars and world-class action. This time, it also proved successful for Polish athletes, who won two out of the programme’s t
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Holly Bleasdale: Medal contender for London 2012, per Sergey Bubka, courtesy of Lancashire Telegraph, note by Larry Eder
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Holly Bleasdale went to France to train with Renaud Lavillenie, the number one male ranked vaulter in the world and the European Indoor champion. She first cleared 4.72m, a strong improvement. Then, on January 22, 2012, Holly Bleasdale cleared 4.87m! Yes
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia rests on the field after competing in the women's pole vault event at the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting at Letzigrund stadium in Zurich September 8, 2011. View Photo »
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2012 NB Indoor Grand Prix: Jenn Suhr Sets AR of 4.88m/16-00, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder
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BOSTON (USA, Feb 4): Jenn Suhr bounced back to brilliant form when raising her American pole vault record to a height of 488 at the New Balance Indoor Games. Suhr a week after failing to register a clearance at the U.S. Open meet in New York added two ce
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The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the second meet of 2012 Visa Championship, saw some exciting competitions that resulted in important trends that could impact what goes on later this season. After a few years of inconsistency after her silver medal at
About Yelena Isinbayeva
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Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева; born June 3, 1982 (1982-06-03) (age 26) in Volgograd) is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the 2004 Olympic Gold Medal with a new World Record (then 4.91 m), was elected Female Athlete of the Year by the IAAF twice (2004 and 2005), and Sportswoman of the Year by Laureus. On July 22,... Full Article
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia lands on the mat during the women's pole vault final at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu August 30, 2011. Women's pole vault world record holder Isinbayeva went out of her event at the world athletics championships in Daegu on Tuesday when she failed to...
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva competes during the Women's Pole Vault competition at the IAAF Diamond League athletics DN Galan meeting, at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, on July 29, 2011. Isinbayeva won the Pole Vault event.
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva competes in the women's pole vault event at the Stockholm Diamond League July 29, 2011. World record holder Isinbayeva returned from a hand injury to post a season's best jump of 4.76 metres to win the women's pole vault ahead of Germany's Silke Spiegelburg.
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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - JULY 26: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia talks to the media during the Li Ning donation ceremony at the Olympic Museum on July 26, 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Li Ning is the first Chinese sports brand to donate to the Museum.
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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - JULY 26: Asafa Powell of Jamaica, Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia and Christian Taylor of USA pose for pictures during the Li Ning donation ceremony to the Olympic Museum on July 26, 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Li Ning is the first Chinese sports brand to donate...
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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - JULY 26: Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia poses for a picture during the Li Ning donation ceremony to the Olympic Museum on July 26, 2011 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Li Ning is the first Chinese sports brand to donate to the Museum.
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia looks on before the women's pole vault competition at the international athletics meeting in Lucerne, Switzerland, Thursday, 21 July 2011.
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CORRECTING SPELLING Russian Yelena Isinbayeva competes during the women's pole vault competition at the Nacht (Night) athletics meeting in Heusden-Zolder, on July 16, 2011.
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CORRECTING SPELLING Russian Yelena Isinbayeva prepares to jump under an umbrella during the women's pole vault competition at the Nacht (Night) athletics meeting in Heusden-Zolder, on July 16, 2011.
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva rests during the pole vault competition for women at the Diamond League series Weltklasse athletics meeting on September 8, 2011, in Zurich.
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