21 August,2016 05:56 AM IST | | AFP
Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday with a bitter broadside at international athletics chief Sebastian Coe over the Olympic ban imposed on Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping
Yelena Isinbayeva addresses the media on Friday. Pic/AFP
Rio de Janeiro: Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva announced her retirement on Friday with a bitter broadside at international athletics chief Sebastian Coe over the Olympic ban imposed on Russian athletes for state-sponsored doping.
Yelena Isinbayeva addresses the media on Friday. Pic/AFP
"Yelena Isinbayeva is finishing her career today," the 34-year-old told reporters a day after being elected onto the International Olympic Committee's athletes commission.
"I thought I would be very sad but the election has inspired me. I am not saying goodbye to sport, just to my sport," she added.
