2016 Olympic GamesAug 18, 2016 by Dennis Young
Yelena Isinbayeva Elected To IOC Athletes' Commission
Yelena Isinbayeva Elected To IOC Athletes' Commission
The IAAF banned Russian pole vaulter from competing at the Rio Olympics, but she still traveled to Brazil to win an election. According to to Inside The Gam
The IAAF banned Russian pole vaulter from competing at the Rio Olympics, but she still traveled to Brazil to win an election. According to to Inside The Games, Isinbayeva has been staying in the athletes' village since Sunday and today won a seat on the IOC athletes' commission. 5,000 athletes--out of 11,000 competing in Rio--voted for four seats on the commission, and Isinbayeva finished fourth among 23 candidates.
Isinbayeva has loudly proclaimed her innocence since the IAAF banned the Russian track team for widespread state-sponsored doping. She won Olympic golds in 2004 and 2008, and the woman who beat her for Olympic gold in 2012, Jenn Suhr, said in June that an Olympic final without Isinbayeva "is not really the true event." Isinbayeva, who set the world record in 2009, last month called the Russian ban "a funeral for athletics."
Isinbayeva has loudly proclaimed her innocence since the IAAF banned the Russian track team for widespread state-sponsored doping. She won Olympic golds in 2004 and 2008, and the woman who beat her for Olympic gold in 2012, Jenn Suhr, said in June that an Olympic final without Isinbayeva "is not really the true event." Isinbayeva, who set the world record in 2009, last month called the Russian ban "a funeral for athletics."
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