Isinbayeva breaks own world indoor pole vault record

Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva broke the world indoor pole vault record by clearing 4.93 metres at the Sergei Bubka invitational meet in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday. The 24-year-old Russian improved on her own mark of 4.91 set at the same...

Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva broke the world indoor pole vault record by clearing 4.93 metres at the Sergei Bubka invitational meet in Donetsk, Ukraine, yesterday.

The 24-year-old Russian improved on her own mark of 4.91 set at the same competition organised by the great Ukrainian men's pole vaulter in his home town a year ago.

It was Isinbayeva's 20th world record.

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