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Summary Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva will try to regain Olympic title at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Isinbayeva, who had set world records winning gold in Beijing and Athens, never looked comfortable in Mondays final of the womens pole vault on a chilly, rainy evening.I decided to go to Rio 2016, she told Reuters on Wednesday.I will compete at the world championships in Moscow in 2013. I will then have a break, I dont know how long, and then I will be back to go to Rio and get my gold medal back, the 30-year-old said.The world record holder had previously maintained that she would quit the sport after the 2013world championships in her native Russia.She said this week, however, that she did not want to retire with a bronze medal so might think about competing in Rio.Plagued by injury and poor form and after failing to register a height in the 2009 world championships, she decided to take a break from the sport, returning last year after an 11-month absence.She won the world indoors in March for her first major title since the 2008 Olympics but her build-up for London had been disrupted in May by a torn thigh muscle.Her decision to continue for Rio 2016 was welcomed by IOC President Jacques Rogge.
