Yelena Isinbayeva Wins Gold : Breaks Her Own Record

At the age of 26 Isinbayeva is seen as the best female pole vaulter in history. She has already been a 9-time major champion (Olympic, World outdoor and indoor champion and European outdoor and indoor champion).

Isinbayeva's current world records are 5.05 m outdoors, a record Isinbayeva set at the Summer Olympics Games in Beijing on August 18, 2008, and 4.95 m indoors, a record set at the Donetsk indoor meeting on February 16, 2008. The former was Isinbayeva's twenty-fourth world record.

The 26-year-old Isinbayeva beat the record by a centimetre with a clearance of 5.05 metres, finishing ahead of American Jennifer Stuczynski, who cleared 4.80m.

Medal record
Yelena Isinbayeva
Competitor for Russia
Women's athletics
Olympic Games
Gold	2004 Athens	Pole vault
Gold	2008 Beijing	Pole vault
World Championships
Bronze	2003 Paris	Pole vault
Gold	2005 Helsinki	Pole vault
Gold	2007 Osaka	Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
Silver	2003 Birmingham	Pole vault
Gold	2004 Budapest	Pole vault
Gold	2006 Moscow	Pole vault
Gold	2008 Valencia	Pole vault
European Championships
Silver	2002 Munich	Pole vault
Gold	2006 Gothenburg	Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2005 Madrid	Pole vault