Shining Isinbayeva flies through the Moscow sky
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Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva celebrates after winning the women's pole vault final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow. |
Russia's pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva thrilled a partisan crowd by securing the third world title of her illustrious at the 2013 IAAF World Championships on Tuesday.
The 31-year-old produced her best outdoor jump in four years with a towering first-attempt clearance at 4.89m, which saw off America's Olympic champion Jennifer Suhr and Cuba's world leading vaulter Yarisley Silva to secure the gold.
Isinbaeva, the 2005 and 2007 world titlist, then launched a challenge to her own world record, trying to clear 5.07, but failed in all the three attempts.
It mattered little, however, as the overjoyed Russian fans serenaded their favourite on a lap of honour at the Luzhniki Stadium, with the two-time Olympic champion returning the favour by shouting "thank you" to her fans.
"I'm the pole vault queen, the crowd is mine," she said. "This victory is the most precious won in all my career."
Twice Olympic and world champion, four-times world indoor champion and multiple world record holder, Isinbayeva has been an icon of the sport.
But plagued by injury and poor form and after failing to register a height in the 2009 world championships, she decided to take a break from the sport, returning after an 11-month absence.
She was again outside the medals at the 2011 worlds but took bronze at last year's London Olympics.
She credited Trofimov with resurrecting her career.
"He resuscitated me. It's all thanks to him," she said.
"He is a genius, he helped me get my world title back."
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