WAF - Isi and Pyrek 4.82 (Isi 4.87 in jump off) $$$$$$$$
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:02 pm
...written by Bob Ramsak for the IAAF:
BTW, I had fun covering this meet last year, although you can tell with some of these athletes at this meet that they can't wait for the season to be over!
http://www.iaaf.org/WAF07/news/kind=2/n ... nce+quotes
Yelena Isinbayeva -
Does she need an intermediate height after winning a competition before attempting a World record:
When I feel comfortable, and strong, sometimes I don’t need an extra height between my victory and a record attempt. But sometimes it’s necessary to take the right pole, to feel again the conditions of the runway, or to take a trial attempt before jumping for a World record.
But I’m happy that now with Blanka you can see that it is not easy. That everything has to be perfect.
On technical changes required when changing poles:
I think that yes, of course, now it’s a big difference between my jumps in 2005 and 2007 and also 2006, but now my technique is getting better and I’m feeling more confident but I’m still not technical enough. We are, together with (coach) Vitaly (Petrov) , working in that direction and we will try again here in Stuttgart.
But I feel that it is coming. I don’t know when or where, but it’s coming. I hope that maybe next year, in an Olympic year, that it will happen, maybe three, five or six times.
On the World record (currently her 5.01 from Helsinki in 2005) being her major motivation:
That’s my huge motivation. And also journalists push me because every time they ask, ‘Yelena, when will it happen? la la la..’ And that motivates me. That mean’s that they believe in me and still want to see something sensational. And that supports me to be honest. Thanks, all of you, for that!
BTW, I had fun covering this meet last year, although you can tell with some of these athletes at this meet that they can't wait for the season to be over!
http://www.iaaf.org/WAF07/news/kind=2/n ... nce+quotes
Yelena Isinbayeva -
Does she need an intermediate height after winning a competition before attempting a World record:
When I feel comfortable, and strong, sometimes I don’t need an extra height between my victory and a record attempt. But sometimes it’s necessary to take the right pole, to feel again the conditions of the runway, or to take a trial attempt before jumping for a World record.
But I’m happy that now with Blanka you can see that it is not easy. That everything has to be perfect.
On technical changes required when changing poles:
I think that yes, of course, now it’s a big difference between my jumps in 2005 and 2007 and also 2006, but now my technique is getting better and I’m feeling more confident but I’m still not technical enough. We are, together with (coach) Vitaly (Petrov) , working in that direction and we will try again here in Stuttgart.
But I feel that it is coming. I don’t know when or where, but it’s coming. I hope that maybe next year, in an Olympic year, that it will happen, maybe three, five or six times.
On the World record (currently her 5.01 from Helsinki in 2005) being her major motivation:
That’s my huge motivation. And also journalists push me because every time they ask, ‘Yelena, when will it happen? la la la..’ And that motivates me. That mean’s that they believe in me and still want to see something sensational. And that supports me to be honest. Thanks, all of you, for that!
Oh well, still a new PB today ... and she didn't have to travel too far for her $2K paycheck. 
But it would sure be cool if at least one of them does. 