27 July, 2011

Yelena Isinbayeva to be Back for a Week of Weltklasse Zürich!

Two years after flying to a new world record mark of 5.06m at Letzigrund Stadium, Yelena Isinbayeva will be back in Zurich this August. The Russian pole vaulter will compete at this year’s Samsung League final to be held on Thursday, 8 September 2011. The multiple Olympic, World, and European Champion will make as many as three appearances during the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich festival of events: In addition to her competition, she will be present at “Jugend trainiert mit Weltklasse” – the meeting’s traditional kids’ event – on 6 September, as well as at the national final of the UBS Kids Cup on 10 September!

“I look forward to being back in Zurich. It’s the city where I managed to break my last world record; something I had not expected at the time”, Yelena Isinbayeva explained. Her last Zurich result dating from 28 August 2009, 5.06m, still represents the world record mark today. After her comeback, the 29-year-old athlete, who is the only female pole vaulter to have cleared the 5.00m, will attempt to gradually jump back to her former level of performance.

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