30 August,2009 08:01 AM IST | | PA Sport
Russian Yelena Isinbayeva banished any doubts her career may be in decline by raising her own world record by a centimetre to 5.06m in the IAAF Golden League in Zurich on Friday night.
Isinbayeva, who set her previous mark in winning Olympic gold in Beijing last year, opened with the bar at 4.71m and made a first-time clearance. After clearing 4.81m and with the competition won, she then had it raised to to 5.06m.u00a0 The Russian, who had claimed she would never underestimate her opponents again as she did in Berlin, produced a perfect run up and made an easy clearance. "It's really unbelievable, crazy, amazing," Isinbayeva said.
