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Yelena Isinbayeva: She's back, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder

By Larry Eder on June 3, 2011 10:06 AM | 0 Comments

Yelena isinbayeva, 2009 Zurich, photo by PhotoRun.net

Yelena Isinbayeva has set world records in the women's pole vault 26 times. Over the past three years, her career has been, well, mercurial.

Perhaps it is as Frank Shorter (1972 gold, 1976 silver) once noted, that after working so brutally hard for the first gold medal, it is hard to keep that level of focus. Isinbayeva took some time off, moved back to her first coach, and has stayed out of the attention of the media. Good for her. She needed a break from all of it.

Per our roving source of all things athletics, Alfons Juck, Ms. Isinbayeva will be returning to competition on July 16 in Heudsen. We look forward to seeing the female incarnation of Sergey Bubka jump once again. She is coming back to a world where several women vaulters want her position. We shall see how she rises to the competition.

It is looking to be a fascinating summer!




ISI FIRST START CONFIRMED

HEUSDEN (BEL): First competition in the summer for multiple world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva is confirmed. She will jump on July 16 at the KBC Nacht in Heusden-Zolder at the EA Premium Meeting. "I am looking forward to begin of my season in Belgium. It's the first time I will be there. I know that the KBC Night has a good name for middle and long distances and I would like the public to enjoy the pole vault competition too!" After passing the summer season 2010 she competed twice during the indoor season and won with 481 and 485 in Moscow and Donetsk.

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Isinbayeva preparation is not in danger

05/26/2011

Yelena Isinbayeva. Photos - Alexander Fedorov, "SE"
ATHLETICS
Coach two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva Yevgeny Trofimov said that they plan to prepare for the World Cup in Korea has not changed. The first start of the summer season Isinbayeva will hold on July 16 in Belgium at the stage of "Diamond League." According to Mills, the other day athlete has shown good results during testing.

- How do you comment on the words of head coach of Russia Valentina Maslakov, who said that "a lot of problems Isinbayeva," and that her performance in the summer season is under threat?

- Do not know where he suddenly said something, - said Trofimov. - I think he's just not enough informed on this issue, I'm sure he'll call, we will discuss all the details. By the way, just a few days ago I spoke with the president of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, Valentin Balahnichevym on Isinbayeva. I told him that preparations for the World Cup in Korea goes according to plan. That the problems experienced Lena, in the past.

- On what specific issues do you mean?

- About the sores that she had brought from Donetsk. On unimportant psychological condition in which Lena stayed recently. Actually, they were the main cause of a succession of high-profile defeats in major tournaments. All this is behind us. The biggest concern I have is technology, but the problem we are gradually solving. We work hard to regain that leap, with whom Lena jumped five meters with a large margin. Indeed, in recent years Isinbayeva actually taught each spring. A retrain is known to be much more difficult than learning.

Yevgeny Trofimov also said that the ministry of sports has become a modern two-way pit pole vault, which, once delivered to Volgograd, you can install in the training sector. According to Mills, came to the first tranche of financial aid that Roman Abramovich has promised Isinbayeva. These funds will be used for the reconstruction of the winter athletic arena, owned by the Volgograd Academy of Physical Culture.

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Yelena Isinbayeva talks about returning home to Volgograd | 24.04.2011



Russian pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva.
Russia’s two-time Olympic champion and pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva made a highly publicised return to her former mentor Yevgeny Trofimov last month, after spending more than five years being coached by Vitaliy Petrov.

In an interview with the Russian athletics federation website www.rusathletics.com, Isinbayeva talks about her return to her native city of Volgograd.

Isinbayeva was virtually unbeatable between 2003 and 2009, winning every major competition before suffering a shock defeat at the 2009 World Championships.

She took a break from the sport during the summer of 2010 after failing to win a medal at last year's World Indoor Championships but then returned this winter and cleared 4.85m to lead the European indoor rankings.

Q: Yelena, how is training going?

A: So far, so good, but I don’t want to say anymore so as not to put a jinx on it. I did do as I said and moved to Volgograd to train with Yevgeny Trofimov. We have a good and full understanding; I’m working hard and getting ready for the season. I’m still training in the indoor arena as it is still cool and sometimes rainy outdoors. However, in early May, we will move into the open air.

Q: Why did you decide to compete for the local Dynamo club?

A: In 2008, my previous club Railway Troops, which I was a member of for 10 years, was disbanded and since then I have only competed for the Russian national team. But now, as I’ll be spending most of my time in Russia, the management of Dynamo invited me to compete for them and give something back to the community, and I agreed.

Q: I guess your parents are happy that you have returned home?

A: Of course they are happy that they now see me more often in the flesh and not just on TV, especially because both my sister and I are close to home. Due to the unfortunate events in Japan, my sister Inessa returned to Volgograd. We were very worried about her, when all of Japan was shaking and the nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture began to leak radioactivity. We only calmed down when we saw my sister with her children healthy and unharmed. However, my sister's husband has had to return as he has a contract with Cirque du Soleil in Japan.

Q: Do you now get pampered by your parents?

A: It’s only my sister’s children that get pampered but they are certainly very pleased at the unexpected turn of events which brought the whole family together. However, they all live in their own apartments so, generally, I am cooking for myself except when I am too lazy to cook, then I go round to see Inessa as she lives nearby.

Q: Have you seen Tatyana Lebedeva, who is now also back in Volgograd, since the birth of her daughter (her daughter Aleksandra was born on April 9).

A: I have seen little Sasha. In my opinion, she looks like her husband Nkolay: she’s blonde and has his eyes, although children change so rapidly. She's very pretty and, more importantly, a calm child, at least during the day, which is when I saw her. Tanya’s ability to find the time to train, to have children, and to be involved in politics: she is example is for everyone! I hope she will be in shape to compete in London next year.

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Russian pole vault queen eyes golden comeback
By Alexander Lyubimov (AFP) – 1 day ago
VOLGOGRAD, Russia — Russia's two-time Olympic pole-vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva is targeting an international comeback this season after a series of setbacks last year, she told AFP in an interview.
The glamorous native of the Volga river city of Volgograd astonished the world and became Russia's best known sportswoman by winning Olympic gold in Athens and Beijing and lifting the world record to well above five metres.
However, her aura of invincibility slipped when she failed to record a height in the final stage of the 2009 Berlin world championships and only came fourth in last year's world indoor championships in Doha.
She has not appeared in competition outside Russia or Ukraine since.
But Isinbayeva, who has only participated in five events in the last two years, told AFP that the 2011 world championships in Daegu, South Korea, would be a springboard for the London Olympics and more world records.
"I want to win the 2011 world championships, the 2012 Olympics, and, of course, set more world records," she said.
"I definitely aim to compete in Korea."
Isinbayeva, 29, who has set 27 world records in her career so far, added she was preparing to gain revenge for her defeat in the pole vault at the previous world championships in Berlin, which was won by Anna Rogowska of Poland.
Her coach Yevgeny Trofimov told AFP that his star pupil had decided to compete at the KBC Night of Athletics in Belgium on July 16.
"Together with Yelena and her new manager we decided Belgium would be a good place to see what condition she is in," Trofimov said.
"We came to the conclusion that the date and the venue are suitable for her return to competition."
Trofimov added that Isinbayeva had experienced trouble with her left Achilles tendon but refused any other comments on her current form.
After her failure at the indoor world championships in Doha, Qatar, in March last year, Isinbayeva took a break and went back to Trofimov, her first coach.
She returned to competition in February, winning two indoor events in Moscow and Donetsk, Ukraine, where she produced a season's best of 4.85 metres.
Isinbayeva then withdrew from competition again, although she kept a high profile in Russia, appearing in commercials for women's cosmetics.
Viktor Kuzin, the coach of the jumping section of Russia's national squad, told AFP he was confident that Isinbayeva will reach her top form for the beginning of the world championships in Korea on August 27-September 4.
"Yelena performed very well in February and produced top-class results," Kuzin said.
"However, she lacks practice ahead of the world championships, which is a really unusual situation for her.
"That said, she possesses colossal experience and knows well how to prepare for the most important part of the season the best possible way.
"Maybe she doesn't need to compete too often."
The country's national athletics squad head coach Valentin Maslakov also showed no trace of concern, saying he was sure Isinbayeva would either reach top form for the world championships or withdraw from competing there.
"We had no doubts about including Isinbayeva in the squad," Maslakov said. "She deserves it as no other pole-vaulter has such an impressive track record.
"She is an experienced athlete and is capable of making the right decisions. I'm sure that if she doesn't feel able to compete for the gold medal, she will withdraw."

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