BEIJING: Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva wants to retire after the 2013 world championships in Moscow.
"I plan to finish there in front of my home crowd and I plan to succeed there," the world record holder from Russia said on Monday. "I will retire after 2013."
Isinbayeva, who vaulted 5.05 metres in last year's Olympics, said she could go as high as 5.30 before she quit. "My bar must be higher than 5.20... and 5.30 is possible. I will try to achieve this," she said in Beijing where she captured her second successive Olympic gold medal. "Technically there is no problem."
Last month the 26-year-old vaulted 5.00 in Donetsk, Ukraine, her 12th indoor world record and 26th in total. Chinese sportswear retailer Li Ning confirmed last week that Isinbayeva had signed a sponsorship deal with the company.
No details on the size or length of the contract were available but sources earlier said it would be worth $1.5 million annually for five years, a record amount for a track and field athlete.
Li Ning was founded by the 1984 Olympic triple gymnastics gold medallist who last August lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games.
Isinbayeva, the 2008 female athlete of the year, plans to defend her world title in Berlin in August.
Source:http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I-will-retire-after-2013-Isinbayeva/articleshow/4213609.cms
"I plan to finish there in front of my home crowd and I plan to succeed there," the world record holder from Russia said on Monday. "I will retire after 2013."
Isinbayeva, who vaulted 5.05 metres in last year's Olympics, said she could go as high as 5.30 before she quit. "My bar must be higher than 5.20... and 5.30 is possible. I will try to achieve this," she said in Beijing where she captured her second successive Olympic gold medal. "Technically there is no problem."
Last month the 26-year-old vaulted 5.00 in Donetsk, Ukraine, her 12th indoor world record and 26th in total. Chinese sportswear retailer Li Ning confirmed last week that Isinbayeva had signed a sponsorship deal with the company.
No details on the size or length of the contract were available but sources earlier said it would be worth $1.5 million annually for five years, a record amount for a track and field athlete.
Li Ning was founded by the 1984 Olympic triple gymnastics gold medallist who last August lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games.
Isinbayeva, the 2008 female athlete of the year, plans to defend her world title in Berlin in August.
Source:http://sports.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/I-will-retire-after-2013-Isinbayeva/articleshow/4213609.cms
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