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21 October 2008 Komsomolskaya Pravda

Interview for Komsomolskaya Pravda Part1

The Queen of heights describes her super-successful season and plans for the future - Tell me Lena, did you ever think that you would have such regalia?- I thought so. Since childhood I've dreamed of this. Probably since my earliest days in gymnastics I've wanted to be an Olympic champion....

21 October 2008 Komsomolskaya Pravda

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...

21 October 2008 Komsomolskaya Pravda

Interview for Komsomolskaya Pravda Part3

- Major sport - this isn't just about victories, but also pain and injury, psychological breakdowns, and so forth. Do you think about this?- Certainly I think about it. I've had injuries, but God has mercy. I've only twisted a few ankles. I had more frequent injuries in gymnastics. I...

27 August 2008 SovSport.ru

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...

27 August 2008 SovSport.ru

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY- Part2

– You've gotten used to Monte Carlo? – Completely. I've made acquaintances, friends, begun to socialize more freely, to understand the languages - English, Italian. – Yes, I saw in "Casa Italia" in Beijing, you spoke with the owners and were not, as they say, at a loss for words....

27 August 2008 SovSport.ru

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY- Part3

ABOUT THE RUSSIAN FLAG– When our basketball team departed ignominiously from the tournament, I doubt I was the only one who briefly thought: eh, we shouldn't have entrusted the Russian flag to Kirilenko at the opening ceremony, but to Isinbaeva.– I learned from the newspapers that I allegedly first agreed...

27 August 2008 SovSport.ru

BEST ATHLETE OF JULY- Part4

ABOUT CHARITY AND FARIES– I heard you've taken up charity, Yelena? – It's loudly said!– And how's it going? – I've spent a bit for children.– You're forcing me to ask leading questions: For what? – At an orphanage in Volgograd. I bought gifts. Things which the kids themselves asked...

12 July 2008 All Sport

I feel like I used to, like when I was a kid!

Flashes usually come unexpectedly. Yelena Isinbaeva waited for three long years. Since August 2005, talking about her record has been as commonplace as brushing her teeth in the morning. On July 11th, at the third stage of the Golden League in Rome, the Russian set a new record, and in...

12 July 2008 All Sport

Елена Исинбаева: я почувствовала себя прежней, как в молодости!

Светлые полосы обычно приходят неожиданно. Елена Исинбаева дожидалась своей долгих три года. С августа 2005 года разговоры о рекорде для нее так же привычны, как утренняя чистка зубов. 11 июля, на третьем этапе "Золотой лиги" в Риме россиянка установила новый рекорд - в тот момент, когда журналисты от безысходности уже...

10 July 2008 All Sport

For several months I literally didn’t leave the stadium!

Today, July 10th, the Olympic, World and European champion, and world record holder in the women's pole vault, Russia's Yelena Isinbaeva came into her first press conference of the season in Rome, on the eve of the third stage of the "Golden League", looking tanned in a bright T-shirt, and...

09 March 2008 All Sport

Happy about victory, but not content with the result part1

On Saturday, March 8th, Russia's Yelena Isinbaeva defended her indoor world championship title, winning in Valencia with a modest for her result of 4.75 m. Yelena Isinbaeva shared her impressions of the jumps, her emotions and her plans with Natalie Maryanchik, editor from the Agency of Sport Information "All Sport"....

09 March 2008 All Sport

Happy about victory, but not content with the result part2

...- How was the situation in Valencia for you - the stadium, spectators, and city? - Here it's excellent! Warm weather, a beautiful, modern, somehow youthful city. There are many uncommon buildings in an avant-garde style. The spectators have a southern passion; active. When I jumped, they shouted from the...

18 February 2008 sport express

The first start, and right away – a world record! Part1

On Saturday at the "Pole Vault Stars" tournament in Donetsk, the famous vaulter from Russia overcame 4.95 meters on her third attempt. Thus, she bettered last year's achievement, established right here, by 2 centimeters. Donetsk, definitely a happy city for Isinbaeva, two years ago officially proclaimed her an honorary citizen....

18 February 2008 sport express

The first start, and right away – a world record! Part2

During the competition there was a moment when Yulia Golubchikova, who arrived in Donetsk as the world leader this season, was only five centimeters away from you. Don't you feel that your rivals are getting closer? - No. I'll probably only feel that way when they learn to jump 15...

18 February 2008 sport express

Елена Исинбаева: первый старт, и сразу - мировой рекорд!

субботу на турнире "Звезды шеста" в Донецке знаменитая прыгунья с шестом из России с третьей попытки преодолела 4,95 метра. Таким образом, она улучшила свое прошлогоднее достижение, установленное здесь же, на 2 сантиметра. Донецк - определенно счастливый для Исинбаевой город, два года назад официально провозгласивший ее своим почетным гражданином. Спортсменка ни разу...

28 November 2007 All Sport

I enjoy being a leader - part1

Yelena Isinbaeva is not just a World, European, and Olympic Games champion and holder of twenty world records in the women's pole vault. She is also a member of the athletes' commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). And a simply beautiful girl, who recently dared to take...

28 November 2007 All Sport

I enjoy being a leader - part2

...- Maybe, as a member of the IAAF athletes' commission, it would be worthwhile for you to make a speech before your colleagues and loudly state your position?- No, where would I (laughing)?! I'm still just a common member of the commission, not yet the chairman. If someday I'm elected...

11 November 2007 All Sport

I’ll start to think about the Olympiad this Spring...(part1)

I'll start to think about the Olympiad this Spring, but now it's still too early to get wound up(11 November 2007 - All Sport)Tomorrow, on November 12th, the European, world and Olympic Games champion, and world record holder in the women's pole vault, Yelena Isinbaeva will begin preparation for the...

11 November 2007 All Sport

I’ll start to think about the Olympiad this Spring... (part2)

- You already announced that you'll participate in the winter world championships. How seriously do you view this start?- I always assumed that I'd come out for the winter world championships. For us vaulters, it's not important if it's the winter world championships or the summer – the group of...

04 November 2007 Allsport

The television advertising campaign for Toshiba with Yelena Isinbaeva begins

Tomorrow, on November 5th, the central Russian television channels will begin using the new advertising spots for the Japanese company Toshiba, which produces office and household equipment, featuring the name and image of the famous Russian sportswoman, European, world and Olympic Games champion, and world record holder in the women's...