Pole vault queen Isinbayeva to return to training in 2015


  • Hockey
  • Tuesday, 04 Feb 2014

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has her sights set on a third gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games but will not return to training until next year.

Isinbayeva, voted Russian athlete of the year in 2013 and the ceremonial mayor of the athletes village at the Sochi Games, won gold in Athens and Beijing but could do no better than bronze in London in 2012.

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