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Isinbayeva breaks World Indoor record in Birmingham
Friday 18 February 2005
Birmingham - Yelena Isinbayeva’s twelfth World Pole Vault record came almost as a matter of course at the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, a meeting that also included a World leading 200m from Veronica Campbell, a last gasp Long Jump victory for Carolina Klüft, and the rare sight of Kenenisa Bekele being outkicked over the final 200m of a two mile race.
Kelly Holmes got the crowd on their feet with a commanding victory in the 1000m (though she still doesn’t know if she’s going to Madrid), and Greene, Gardener, Lewis-Francis and Collins were all beaten in the 60m.
Isinbayeva needed only four jumps and attempted only three heights to secure victory and another dollop of prize money. The 22-year-old Russian entered at 4.60m by which time only her fierce rival Svetlana Feofanova and Poland’s Anna Rogowska were still in competition. Rogowska was having an off night though and she went out at that height exiting with only 4.45m to her name.
Feofanova went on to clear 4.70m, which Isinbayeva skipped, before going out at 4.79m.
Isinbayeva hopped over 4.79m like it was a skip in the park and then, with victory in the bag, took two attempts at 4.88m. The first had the height, but she clipped the bar on the way down. On the second she made the right adjustments before popping over to add another $30,000 to her winnings.
“I didn’t realise I was in such good shape,â€Â
