Yelena Isinbayeva prepares for a vault during the woman's pole vault competition at the Aviva London Grand prix
Yelena Isinbayeva encouraging spectators support whilst she prepares for a vault during the womans pole vault competition at the Aviva London Grand prix. Yelena won the competition with a winning vault of 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 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, 2005, she became the first female pole vaulter to clear the metric barrier of the age of 26 she is seen as the best female pole vaulter in history. She has already been a 8-time major champion (Olympic, World outdoor and indoor champion and European outdoor and indoor champion). Her current world records are m outdoors, a record Isinbayeva set at a gala in Monaco on July 29th, and m indoors, a record set at the Donetsk indoor meeting on 16 February 2008. The former was Isinbayeva's twenty-third world record
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Location: Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Road, London, SE19 2BB, England, UK
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