Isinbayeva cleared high five
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OLYMPIC pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva said today she cleared five metres in training earlier this year under competition conditions, nine centimetres more than the world record she set in winning gold in Athens.
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KOLKATA, India  - Former world number one Martina   Hingis swept to the second title of her comeback year, subduing   Russian teenager Olga Poutchkova 6-0 6-4 in the final of the   Kolkata Open on Sunday.
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Yuliya Nesterenko of Belarus wins 100m gold ahead of Lauryn WIlliams.
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That Soviet Song has won Group 1 miles in her last three starts and is an Ascot course-and-distance winner at that level makes her the solid 5-2 choice in Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes.
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Monte-Carlo - Olympic champions Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia have been announced as the 2004 Athletes of the Year on stage tonight at the climax to the spectacular 2004 World Athletics Gala at the Grimaldi Forum, Monte-Carlo
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Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko won the top women&#39;s athletics gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday, triumphing over a field stripped of many big names because of doping woes to win the 100 meters.
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Russia&#39;s Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the pole vault last night to win a showdown with teammate Svetlana Feofanova for the gold with an effort of 16 feet 1Â¼ inches.
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Amelie Mauresmo became just the second player to reach No. 1 in the WTA rankings without winning a Grand Slam title, while U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova rose to a career-high No. 6 on Monday.
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Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova is certain she will be cleared of doping allegations.
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In-form Svetlana Kuznetsova won the battle of Russia&#39;s grand slam champions to book her place in the final of the China Open on Saturday.
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PERTH, Australia  - France's Tatiana Golovin believes she is ready to break into the world's top 10, providing she can stay clear of the injuries that have halted her progress over the past four years.
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SANYA, ChinaâMiss Philippines Maria Karla Bautista made it to the top five of the Miss World 2004 competition Saturday in one of the most respectable finishes of the country in the annual pageant.
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ATHENS -- Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own world record in the pole vault last night to win a showdown with teammate Svetlana Feofanova for the gold with an effort of 16 feet 1&#188; inches.
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One can make a strong argument that Russia, with its combined strength in the menÂs and womenÂs game, is the leading tennis nation in the world.
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Maria Sharapova brushes aside Russian compatriot Elena Likhovtseva in Tokyo.
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Russia are to appeal to the Court of  Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after American cyclist Tyler  Hamilton was last week cleared of doping violations by the  International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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RALEIGH, North Carolina  - World champion Tirunesh  Dibaba broke the women's 5,000 meters indoor world record at  the Boston Indoor Games in Massachusetts on Saturday.