ATHENS (Reuters) - Few have dominated their sport like Russian pole vault record holder Yelena Isinbayeva, with her back-to-back Olympic gold medals, more than two dozen world records and seven indoor ...

Yelena Isinbayeva will be an ambassador for the Winter World Military Games being held in Sochi from February 22 to 28 ©Getty Images As part of her role at the Games which are due to run from February ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mike Blake/Reuters A confidante of Russian President Vladimir Putin sanctioned by Ukraine for supporting the war is living in a ...

The removal of the double Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder from her position is a key requirement outlined by WADA in order for RUSADA to be allowed to resume testing. WADA have ...

* Russian says she was confident of third Olympic victory * Gold medal in her absence will not be the real thing * 'God will judge' world athletics body over Russian ban (Adds quotes and details) By ...

After her announcing her return to competition, pole vault legend Yelena Isinbayeva has her sights set on a new world record. Yelena Isinbayeva is targeting a new pole vault world record at the 2016 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said that Russia's committee members won't be penalized because they ...

MOSCOW, July 19. /TASS/. The International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission found no grounds for sanctions against the IOC member Yelena Isinbayeva, the IOC press office told TASS Tuesday. "Like ...

MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Russia’s pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva announced on Thursday that the first stage of the medical treatment of an injury she sustained last month had been successfully ...

ROME -- Just when it seemed someone might challenge Yelena Isinbayeva, the Russian responded with her first pole vault world record in nearly three years. Isinbayeva cleared 16 feet, 6 inches (5.03 ...

(Reuters) - World pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been named Russia's Athlete of the Year in a nationwide poll conducted by sports journalists. Isinbayeva's gold medal was for many Russians ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva says she will file suit if Russia's ban from global track and field competition is upheld and she is barred from competing in Rio ...