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Isinbayeva loses pole vault title at worlds

Sports | Athletics
2009-8-18

OLYMPIC champion Yelena Isinbayeva lost her five-year stranglehold on the pole vault yesterday, failing to clear any height at the world championships. In stark contrast, Kenenisa Bekele and the Jamaican sprinters...

Isinbayeva wins at Oslo Golden League

Sports | Athletics
2009-7-5

OLYMPIC champion Yelena Isinbayeva won the women's pole vault at the Bislett Games on Friday, claiming her second Golden League win in as many meetings this season. The Russian, below par at an event hit by bad...

Isinbayeva seals rich Li Ning deal

Sports | Athletics
2009-2-12

RUSSIAN Olympic champion and pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva has agreed a multi million-dollar contract with China's largest sportswear retailer Li Ning. The agreement, worth US$1.5 million annually...

Bolt picks up male athlete award

Sports | Athletics
2008-11-24

THE International Association of Athletics Federations announced a series of awards for the year 2008 today during the celebration of the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo. Following are the list of winners. ...

No record but Yelena reigns in Shanghai

Sports | Athletics
2008-9-21

ACCOMPANIED by her boyfriend, Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva only managed to clear 4.60 meters, failing in all three attempts at 4.75, but was still dominant enough to clinch the gold medal in the event...

From 'Bird's Nest' to local stadium

Sports | Athletics
2008-9-9

YELENA Isinbayeva and Dayron Robles will highlight the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix to be held on September 20 at Shanghai Stadium, organizers said yesterday while announcing the first group of participating athletes. ...

Isinbayeva soars to new high

Sports | Athletics
2008-7-13

RUSSIA'S world and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a world record of 5.03 meters at Rome's Golden Gala on Friday. The 26-year-old cleared the bar with ease to surpass the record of 5.01 she...

Liu gets ready for Olympics

Sports | Athletics
2008-3-10

THERE'S no doubt about it, Liu Xiang is ready for his Beijing Olympics. And so is Yelena Isinbayeva. China's biggest star in athletics competed in his first 60-meter hurdles competition of the season on Saturday...

Isinbayeva on fire, sets new indoor mark

Sports | Athletics
2008-2-18

Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva broke the world indoor pole vault record by clearing 4.95 meters at the Sergei Bubka invitational meeting in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Saturday. The Russian beat her own mark of 4.93...

Champions light up Osaka

Sport | Athletics
2007-8-29

SOME champions make the toughest challenge look easy. Count Yelena Isinbayeva and the Kenyan steeplechasers are among them. Then there is Kerron Clement, the new 400-meter hurdle champion, whose running is as good...