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Queen’s return: Isinbayeva sets new world record
Published: 24 February, 2012, 11:27
Russia's Elena Isinbayeva. (AFP Photo / Adrian Dennis)
TAGS: Athletics, Isinbayeva
Russian pole vault queen Elena Isinbayeva has broken her indoor world record. The Russian jumped an impressing 5.01 meters at the XL Galan meeting in Stockholm.
Having sunk so deep, Isinbaeva has recovered to seek an unparalleled third-straight Olympic gold in London.
The 29-year-old, who has not won a major championship since the last Olympics, beat her previous best of five meters.
The attempt was a massive 29 centimeters higher than that of her nearest rivals, Holly Bleasdale of Britain and Cuban Yarisley Silva, who came second and third respectively.
Afterwards Isinbayeva declared her leap marked her "real comeback."
"I was ready to jump this high. In training I've done this two times. My coach told me that I could easily do it at the competition if I do the technical things right,” Reuters quotes Isinbayeva as saying.
Asked if she could continue to go higher, Isinbayeva was more than explicit.
"Yes, yes of course. Otherwise I wouldn't continue to train,” she said, adding: "5.01 is pretty high but once I'm on the track I don't feel it's that high. Sometimes I see this height like it was 4.15 and tonight (it felt like) the bar was much lower than usual for me."
The Russian now heads to next week's Indoor World Championship in Istanbul as the clear favorite.
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So long as Russian Men remain Men, they'll not allow those Animals trying to encroach on our Territory to Go unpunished.
I live in Soviet territory (velikaya belaya savietskaya satilisticheskaya estonskaya republika).
To give you an idea of how I worship their beauty, I would not have kids even with the most beautiful woman of Russia to avoid contaminating their beauty as I am not, to my disgrace, Slavic (even though I am white like alabaster). I can watch and admire their beauty, but unlike nigghers who chase the white women to snatch their whiteness I dont destroy the beauty of the Taiga or contaminate their waters.
You are right in that Russian (and basically all Eastern women) are tough, and that they are very demanding with men. However, that is unfortunately changing. When the niggher boxeers, Hayes and Jones were in Moscow, all the stupid beaches were after them. Thanks god the Russians beat the hell out of them, specially with Jones, who got knocked out of the ring. So, Russia is breaking down with Western filth.
Yes, Yelena Isinbayeva is the Queen. She is my favourite Russian sportswoman. She has been virtually unbeaten from 2004 to 2009. And with this World Record, this is World Record number 28, yes, twenty-eight for Isinbayeva.
Guys taking part in this forum, why don't you do some research on line about Queen Yelena? You will find out that she was born in Volgograd, her father is a plumber and her mum a shop assistant. Her parents worked a lot and made many sacrifices during Isinbayeva's early career. She is an officer in the Russian Army, and thanks to her sporting achievements, she has been promoted to the rank of Captain in 2008.
The One event which has impressed most in Isinbayeva's career so far was in 2008, at the Bejing olympics. Isinbayeva won gold. During the medal ceremony, while the Russian National Anthem was played Isinbayeva started crying. Perhaps tears of joy, perhaps tears for having managed to win such an important event. But to see such a great athlete crying while her National Anthem was played was a very touching moment. Credit to Yelena Isinbayeva for all these great sporting moments she offers whenever she is in a sporting competition. Last thing to add, I think Yelena Isinbayeva has got many qualities common to most Russian women: smart, intelligent, educated. And beautiful.