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Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:01 am**

Bekele, Isinbayeva the Jewels in BirminghamÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Rich Display - PREVIEW
Thursday 16 February 2006
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[list]Birmingham, UK - The 2005 World Athletes of the Year, and current Overall IAAF World Rankings leaders will appear in the same stadium for the first time this year on Saturday (18) when Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) and Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) headline the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix - IAAF indoor permit meeting - at BirminghamÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s National Indoor Arena.

World Indoor record to advance again?

For Isinbayeva itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s a return to the meeting where she set her fifth World Indoor record, 4.88m, on the same date last year. That was merely a prelude to a season of record breaking for the Russian that culminated in the first ever five-metre clearance, also achieved in the UK, and then her first outdoor World Championship gold medal in Helsinki, Finland, and a further centimetre improvement.

Despite switching coaches in the autumn, 2006 appears to be a case of Ã¢â‚¬Å“new season, new coach, same resultÃ¢â‚¬Â

Posted: **Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:26 am**

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Yelena Isinbayeva, Svetlana Feofanova, Kellie Suttle, Pavla Hamackova, Kirsten Belin, Jillian Schwartz, Hanna Mia-Persson, Yvonne Buschbaum, Martina Strutz

Posted: **Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:31 am**

Isinbayeva Wins But Rogowska Celebrates Record in Birmingham
Saturday 18 February 2006

Birmingham, UK - HereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s the shocking news. There was a record in the womenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Pole Vault at the Norwich Union Indoor Grand Prix - IAAF permit - in BirminghamÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s National Indoor Arena this afternoon, but it wasnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t set by Yelena Isinbayeva.

While the Russian World record-machine won the competition with a first-time clearance at 4.79m, the World and Olympic champion, and Overall IAAF World ranked number one female athlete, showed sheÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s human after all when, for once, she failed to nudge the World indoor record up an extra centimetre. However, Anna Rogowska improved her own Polish record with a third-time clearance at 4.79, easily good enough for second place ahead of RussiaÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Svetlana Feofanova.

Isinbayeva, who had two successful clearances in the competition - 4.65 and 4.79 - cited tiredness as the reason for her failure to set a 20th world record. Ã¢â‚¬Å“IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m not disappointed that I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get the record today because I am very tired,Ã¢â‚¬Â

Posted: **Mon Feb 20, 2006 1:41 pm**

ThereÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s nothing particularly new here, but IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m amused that the Russians are maybe getting a little defensive about the British reporting.

RusAthletics.com wrote:Why did Isinbayeva not establish a new record?
19.02.2006

"Shocking news from Birmingham" - with such words began the reports from Birmingham from the latest indoor light athletics competitions, conducted under the IAAF permit. The shock for the Englishmen was the fact that the "Russian world record machine" could not establish a new record for them in their native land.

RusAthletics.com already reported about outcomes at the Norwich Union Grand-prix international competitions. For the first time after a prolonged interruption the two famous Russian sportswomen, Yelena Isinbayeva and Svetlana Feofanova, appeared in one sector. And although Svetlana showed only 4.45m, it appears that she will "add" and will provide competition in the fight for medals at the world championship in Moscow.

The record holder of Poland, Anna Rogowska, continues to progress: her 4.79m, which lost to Isinbayeva on attempts only, force us to think that Anna nurses a new level of results.

The question "why did you not establish a world record?" sounds quite strange all the same, even when this concerns Isinbayeva. Nevertheless Yelena explained her failure at the height of 4.92m. "I am not upset by the fact that I did not establish a world record this time, since I was very tired." The fact is that on the eve of the competitions, Isinbayeva spent five hours at the airport, since the aircraft was late docking from the flight in Great Britain.

"This is all so very difficult to establish world records every time. But I will try to do it time after time, so that the indoor world record will be equal with my outdoor world record," Yelena added.

I hadnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t heard the flight delay snivel prior to this, so maybe thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s what she was talking about when she claimed to be so tired after only her second competition of the season. Although she said the same thing last year in Birmingham even after she did break the record. Maybe she should fly in a day early next year.