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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
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Bleasdale stunned after British star smashes pole vault record ahead of Olympics (World Cup Football)
FIFA World Cup Soccer NewsFeofanova responded the following week by breaking the record by a centimetre in Heraklion, Greece. On 25 July in Birmingham it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Yelena Isinbayeva is now a member of the ‘Champions for No commen
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Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia competes 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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Birmingham, UK - World leader Holly Bleasdale will step up her Olympic Pole Vault preparations at the Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham, the penultimate IAAF Indoor Permit Meeting, on Saturday 18 February. The 20-year-old Pole Vault prodigy, who cleared 4.8
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Four years after her dream of Olympic gold crashed down at the penultimate barrier in the 100m hurdles final in Beijing, LoLo Jones is back on the winning track. The 29-year-old American had surgery last August to fix a tethered spinal cord. Last Saturda
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Feofanova responded the following week by breaking the record by a centimetre in Heraklion, Greece. On 25 July in Birmingham it was announced that Russia will host the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Yelena Isinbayeva is now a member of the ‘Champions for No commen
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A picture shows the front pages of the programmes from the first four days of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on August 30, 2011. The 'curse of the cover' struck the world championships again... View Photo »
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It was quite a quantum leap that Holly Bleasdale took when she launched herself, with the aid of a fibreglass vaulting pole, at the bar perched high up in the Villeurbanne indoor arena on the outskirts of Lyon last Saturday. If you are not quite up on th
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Yelena Isinbayeva, the long-time pole vault queen, was in action in Volgograd on Saturday, preparing for the defence of her Olympic crown. She must be worried. A rising young British star is threatening to dethrone her. Competing in Lyon on Saturday, Hol
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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A picture shows the front pages of the programmes from the first four days of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships in Daegu on August 30, 2011. The 'curse of the cover' struck the world championships again Tuesday as Russia's Yelena...
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