Rio de Janeiro: Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday with a bitter broadside at international athletics chief Sebastian Coe over the Olympic ban imposed on Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping.
<img title="Yelena Isinbayeva addresses the media on Friday. Pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/aug/21Yelena-Isinbayeva-1.jpg" alt="Yelena Isinbayeva addresses the media on Friday. Pic/AFP" /> Yelena Isinbayeva addresses the media on Friday. Pic/AFP
"Yelena Isinbayeva is finishing her career today," the 34-year-old told reporters a day after being elected onto the International Olympic Committee's athletes commission.
"I thought I would be very sad but the election has inspired me. I am not saying goodbye to sport, just to my sport," she added.

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Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday with a bitter broadside at international athletics chief Sebastian Coe over the Olympic ban imposed on Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping

Rio 2016: Ex-Olympic pole vault champ Yelena announces retirement

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