Isinbayeva to compete at worlds despite minor injury

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Isinbayeva to compete at worlds despite minor injury

Posted : 2011-07-26 17:51

Updated : 2011-07-26 17:51

Russia’s two-time Olympic pole-vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva prepares for a practice jump prior to leaving without competing at the Spitzen Leichtathletik Luzern, part of the European Athletics Outdoor Classic Meetings on July 21 in Lucerne, central Switzerland. Isinbayeva has been named on the list for the IAAF World Championships in Daegu that Russia’s national athletics head coach Valentin Maslakov announced Monday.

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By Yoon Chul

World pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva will compete in the IAAF World Championships in Daegu despite a wrist injury

Russia Athletic Federation President Valentin Balakhnichyov said Tuesday (KST) that the Russian Olympic heroine will be at the world championships, which will run from Aug. 27 to Sept 4.

Russia’s national athletics head coach Valentin Maslakov has included the two-time Olympic champion on the roster despite the minor setback.

"I spoke to Yelena shortly after her injury and she told me not to worry too much," Balakhnichyov was quoted as saying by Reuters. "She said it's a minor one and she should be fine in the next few days."

Isinbayeva returned and won with a vault of 4.6 meters at the KBC Night of Athletics in Heusden, Belgium on July 16. It was the first outdoor event of the season for the Russian after taking almost a year out.

Isinbayeva was expected to compete in the Lucerne athletics meeting last week but the world record holder pulled out after injuring her wrist.

“I've talked to her coach Yevgeny Trofimov and he confirmed the injury would not disrupt her training too much,” Balakhnichyov said.

“She wants to show all her rivals that she's back at her best. We'll just have to wait and see. She is definitely mature enough to handle all the pressure.”

Isinbayeva has set 27 world records in her career.

In the last IAAF World Championships in Berlin in August 2009 the 29-year-old failed to record a single successful attempt but in the next meet in Zurich in the same month, she set the current world record of 5.06 meters.

After only managing fourth with a clearance of 4.6 meters at the world indoor championships in Qatar in March 2010 the Russian took a break from competition for the next 11 months.

yc@koreatimes.co.kr

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