Yelena Isinbayeva and her World record numbers in Monaco 2008 (© F.Terlin/ realis)
Current World record holder and Olympic Pole Vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will make her final pre-Olympic appearance at the Herculis Samsung Diamond League meeting in Monaco on 20 July 2012.
In 2008 the Russian star set a 5.04m World record in Monaco in her last outing prior to the Olympic Games in Beijing. She later raised that record in the Olympic final in the Chinese capital. Isinbaeva will most certainly have the same mindset when she makes her return to the Louis II Stadium.
After breaking her own World record indoors with a 5.01m leap this past winter and conquering a fourth World Indoor title, Isinbayeva has decided to compete in the Principality of Monaco, a place she knows very well as she regularly trains at the Louis II stadium where the conditions fit her really well.
"I am looking forward to competing at the Monaco Herculis Samsung Diamond League Meeting. For me this is one of the very best competitions on the circuit and I really wanted to come back and compete here this summer. The fans and the atmosphere are great so I look forward to do my best here in July."
Organisers previously announced double Olympic sprint champion and World record holder Usain Bolt who will contest the 200m.
Organisers for the IAAF
Samsung Diamond League - 2012 Calendar
Doha, QAT - 11 May
Shanghai, CHN - 19 May
Rome, ITA - 31 May
Eugene, USA - 2 June
Oslo, NOR - 7 June
New York, USA - 9 June
Paris, FRA - 6 July
London, GBR - 13 / 14 July
Monaco, MON - 20 July
Stockholm, SWE - 17 August
Lausanne, SUI - 23 August
Birmingham, GBR - 26 August
Zurich, SUI - 30 August
Brussels, BEL - 7 September
Click here for the Samsung Diamond League website
In 2008 the Russian star set a 5.04m World record in Monaco in her last outing prior to the Olympic Games in Beijing. She later raised that record in the Olympic final in the Chinese capital. Isinbaeva will most certainly have the same mindset when she makes her return to the Louis II Stadium.
After breaking her own World record indoors with a 5.01m leap this past winter and conquering a fourth World Indoor title, Isinbayeva has decided to compete in the Principality of Monaco, a place she knows very well as she regularly trains at the Louis II stadium where the conditions fit her really well.
"I am looking forward to competing at the Monaco Herculis Samsung Diamond League Meeting. For me this is one of the very best competitions on the circuit and I really wanted to come back and compete here this summer. The fans and the atmosphere are great so I look forward to do my best here in July."
Organisers previously announced double Olympic sprint champion and World record holder Usain Bolt who will contest the 200m.
Organisers for the IAAF
Samsung Diamond League - 2012 Calendar
Doha, QAT - 11 May
Shanghai, CHN - 19 May
Rome, ITA - 31 May
Eugene, USA - 2 June
Oslo, NOR - 7 June
New York, USA - 9 June
Paris, FRA - 6 July
London, GBR - 13 / 14 July
Monaco, MON - 20 July
Stockholm, SWE - 17 August
Lausanne, SUI - 23 August
Birmingham, GBR - 26 August
Zurich, SUI - 30 August
Brussels, BEL - 7 September
Click here for the Samsung Diamond League website
