Yelena Isinbayeva, Moscow 2013 (World Champs), photo by PhotoRun.net
MOSCOW (RUS): Olympic winner Yelena Isinbayeva has signed a five-year extension to her contract with the Russian army, a news report said Wednesday. The 32-year-old pole vaulter, who was made a captain of the Russian army in 2008, will serve as a track and field coach for CSKA Moscow, which is the Central Sports Army Club, the TASS news agency cited club spokesman Sergei Vlasov as saying. Isinbayeva should be back competing in 2016.
(Editor’s note: What does this mean? I am not sure, except that for many years, athletes in many companies continued to compete while being in the military services. Does this mean that Isinbayeva will compete for five more years? Who knows? We will have to see how Isinbayeva competes in 2016.)