Isinbayeva says will not compete in 2015


Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva sits in the tribune during second jump of the men's ski jumping large hill individual qualification round at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not compete next year but is fixing her sights on the Rio Olympics in 2016, the Russian said on Thursday.

"I am now fully busy with my daughter and family and doing only light exercises. I will start full training no earlier than June 2015," she wrote on her Instagram page.

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