Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva celebrates after clearing the bar during the women’s pole vault final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 13, 2013. Isinbayeva ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Yelena Isinbayeva walked away from competing but not from her sport on Friday. The women's pole vault world record holder announced her retirement as she focuses on a new career in ...

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has reportedly been denied once again by the IAAF to compete at the Olympic Games. According to Isinbayeva's Instagra Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013, file photo, Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva competes in the women’s pole vault final at the World Athletics Championships in the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Former Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has been chosen to chair the new supervisory board of the Russian anti-doping agency, which is struggling to recover its reputation ...

Double Olympic gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva has claimed that Olympics chiefs and anti-doping authorities are discriminating against Russia, and violating her human rights as a result. Isinbayeva – ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Pole vault world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva is planning to make a comeback ahead of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. The two-time Olympic gold medalist has not competed since ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MOSCOW– Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva plans to file suit if Russia’s ban from global track and field competition remains in place ...

MONTREAL -- A World Anti-Doping official says Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will be out as chairwoman of the Russian anti-doping agency at the end of the month. Deputy director general ...

Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia's pole vault world record holder, waves as she leaves a news conference at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016. Isinbayeva announced her ...