Isinbayeva Moving Training Base to Malmö, Sweden

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ISINBAYEVA MOVING TO MALMÖ

Track & Field: In the middle of February, Irina [sic] Isinbayeva is changing bases.
From Volograd in Russia to Malmö in Skåne.

The world:s best pole vaulter on the women:s side, Irina [sic] Isinbayeva, is making her season:s debut in Ukraine:s Donetsk on 12-February - and moving to Malmö direcly after, but not for good.

"She will have Malmö as a base during the indoor season and probably during the summar, too," says the Russian:s agent, Daniel Wessfeldt, who explains that the change of environment is due to several reasons:

One, logical: Isinbayeva:s new coach, Vitalij Petrov, has his base in Formia, Italy, and the flight connections there are better from Malmö/Copenhagen.

One, personal: She wanted to try something new, and then Malmö lay nearby with thought to new agent Daniel Wessfeldt:s strong ties to the city - is from there and has his office there.

"It is a good place to train and prepare oneself , and she thinks so, too," says Wessfeldt. "Furthermore, much points to her traveling with us to our South African training camp next year, and I think that is cool. It further raises the level at the camp."

Vitalj Petrov will be with Isinbayeva during her Malmö-stay, as well as Italian pole vaulter Giuseppe Gibilisco (World Championship gold in Paris, 2003). It has been speculated in international media that Irina [sic] Isinbayeva:s close collaboration with the Italian-based coach and Gibilisco is a sign of an upcoming change of nationality. Something Daniel Wessfeldt strongly denies.

"She is Russian, loves Russia and intends to compete for Russia no matter whom she has as a coach, and where she places her base," concludes Wessfeldt.

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