Yelena Isinbaeva Official Web Site - Women’s Pole Vault World Record, Laureus 2008 World Sportswoman of the year, 2 times Olympic Champion, Russian Pole Vaulter, Yelena Isinbayeva

Interview for Komsomolskaya Pravda (Part2)

- As far as I know, you were left without a coach there and simply folded… – My coach wasn’t there because he didn’t have accreditation. He was traveling on a tourist pass. But I was only 18 years old and I simply didn’t understand anything, and failed to make the first height.

Interview for Komsomolskaya Pravda (Part1)

The Queen of heights describes her super-successful season and plans for the future

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY (Part3)

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY (Part2)

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY - (Part1)

Following a vote by viewers of the “Sport” television channel, Yelena Isinbaeva has been named best Russian athlete of July. In the July pre-Olympic competition she outscored tennis player Dinara Safina, fencer Sofiya Velikaya, volleyball player Maxim Mikhailov and water polo player Ekaterina Pantyulina. The fans’ confidence in Yelena proved fully justified in August, as she became the Olympic champion in Beijing and set a new world record in the pole vault.