participate in the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro, due to the exclusion of Russia from the IAAF and the IOC.
The “czarina” in the pole vault announced, one day after the election of the commission of athletes of the ILO, the retirement from active duty.
“Gold Medalist in 2004 in Athens and 2008 in Beijing and “bronze” in 2012 in London, the 34-year-old athlete wanted to close her career by participating at the Rio Games, is leaving, however, bitter for the opportunity that I was given.
Except for the subheadings of the Olympics, the Ισινμπάγεβα became three times world champion in the open arena (he had a bronze) and four times in the closed (in addition to a silver medal). He won another two gold in the European Championships (one open and one closed), while it remains the world record holder with 5.06 m. from 2009 in Zurich.
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Jelena Ισινμπάγεβα: The bitter farewell of “include” in the pole vault
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