MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia's pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, who last week stoked controversy by voicing strong support of recent anti-gay laws, declared she wanted to leave her "decayed" Russian ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Yelena Isinbayeva is to run for president of the Russian athletics federation (ARAF), the double Olympic pole vault champion said. Isinbayeva, who is unable to compete at the Rio ...

Russia’s Yelena Isinbayeva celebrates after winning the women’s pole vault final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE ...

Champion Russian pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, who was barred from the Rio Olympics under a blanket doping ban, has announced her retirement. The announcement comes one day after Isinbayeva was ...