MOSCOW — Former Olympic pole vault champion and current International Olympic Committee member Yelena Isinbayeva has called on the IAAF to lift Russia’s ban from international track and field in time for the world championships next month. Russia has been suspended since 2015 over widespread doping, though the IAAF allows…
MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. Russia’s two-time Olympic champion and an official with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Yelena Isinbayeva gave birth to her second child, athlete’s former coach Yevgeny Trofimov told TASS on Wednesday. “Yelena gave birth to a boy,” Trofimov said. “She delivered her son on February 13 in…
KAZAN, Russia — The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has partly restored drug-testing duties to the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA). RUSADA was suspended in 2015, when its staff was accused of helping to cover up drug use, but it will now have wide-ranging authority over testing. After intense negotiations and sweeping…
Yelena Isinbayeva will be removed from a key anti-doping position in Russia as she is a barrier to the country’s compliance with the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the body says. The double Olympic pole vault champion, 34, has been critical of the punishment of Russian athletes over evidence of state-sponsored…
MOSCOW: Twice Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will stand in the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) presidential election this year, she said on Wednesday. The ARAF announced last week that the election would take place on December 9. “I took this decision of responsibility myself to head the All-Russian Athletics…
Russia’s pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva has confirmed her plans to put forward her candidacy for the post of president of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF). “I want to try. I think I can do it as my reputation makes it possible for me to take charge of the federation.…
The much-anticipated track and field events at the Rio Olympics starts tomorrow, and fans, far and wide, are looking forward to seeing the sport’s biggest stars shine brightly on the biggest stage. Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Ashton Eaton, and others are expected to thrill the crowd in the Maracanã…
The United States is expected to run away with the athletics competition in Rio, taking podium spots often the preserve of Russians such as double pole vault gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva and 110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov. Russia has taken second place on the athletics medals table at the…
Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has announced she will run for president of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF). Russian track and field athletes were banned from the 2016 Olympics following claims of state-sponsored doping. The 34-year-old, who won gold in Athens and Beijing, was among 68 athletes to…
“I want to try. I think I can do it”, Yelena Isinbayeva said. MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. Russia’s pole vault queen Yelena Isinbayeva has confirmed her plans to put forward her candidacy for the post of the president of the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF). “I want to try. I think…
