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10:51 17.09.2007

ATHLETICS. Yelena Isinbaeva: I will give part of my half million dollars to the needy children of Volgograd

On September, 16 the European, world and Olympic Games champion, world record holder in the women’s pole vault, Russia’s Yelena Isinbaeva won the sixth "Golden League" stage in Berlin - and she became co-winner of the 1 million dollar jackpot. After appearing at the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart on September 22-23 she will receive 500 thousand dollars for her bank account – as will the American Sanya Richards, who also won all six "Golden League" stages in the 400 meters. After her historic victory Yelena Isinbaeva gave an exclusive interview to the special correspondent of the Agency of sport information "All Sport" in Berlin, Natalia Maryanchik.

- Lena, were you very nervous when you came to the stadium?
- About like for the final of the Olympic Games! There was a lot of responsibility. I knew that I simply had no right to lose, so this comparison seems correct to me. Certainly I don’t have a right to lose at any tournament where I participate, but when it’s the last remaining start, just one attempt – it’s a lot of pressure. At the start of the "Golden League" I didn’t feel this pressure, but the responsibility built up ahead of the last appearance.

- And your happiness after this victory is comparable with winning the Olympic gold?
- Probably happiness is always the same. I get enormous joy from victory, from my latest victory, which I achieve just through my own labor. Now if somewhere I’d brushed the bar on a third attempt, you could say I was lucky. But today I took all the heights, except for the record, on my first attempt. Yes, I surpassed all my rivals, but first of all I overcame myself.

- Today, actually for the first time in the last three "Golden League" stages, you cleared all the heights from on the first attempt. Was the reason added motivation?
- Everything worked out in my jumps, especially in my technique. Of course my running was poor, because I was literally losing strength with every step. I tried to get it together though and somehow overcome the height. As you see, I got it together!

- Was a world record realistic at the conclusion of the "Golden League"?
- Yes, completely. Today my attempts at 5.02 were quite encouraging. So I’ll try to establish a world record next week at the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart! After that I have two more Asian tournaments remaining – in Shanghai and Daegu. I don’t know about Shanghai, but I was in Daegu last year and the fans there are just crazy! In a good sense of word, of course.

- Two starts in three days – was this a lot for you?
- I already have similar experiences of jumping after one day, so I know it’s possible. It was physically difficult, but I had faith in my victory to the end.

- Meanwhile Svetlana Feofanova jumps higher and higher with every start. Did you really have no doubt at all about your victory?
- Well, "higher and higher" for Feofanova – this is relative. She already jumped 4.72 three years ago. I generally don’t watch my rivals, not a bit. I concentrate on myself, and their results absolutely don’t bother me. I know, no matter how high they jump, I’ll still jump higher.

- And when Sanya Richards ran in the 400 m, what were your thoughts?
- Right then I was preparing for my second attempt at the world record, but I watched Sanya out of the corner of my eye. In principle, I was certain that Sanya would win, because like me, she has no rivals. When just one tournament remains, you get really worked up. I know this for myself, so I didn’t even consider the possibility that Sanya would lose. I was just expecting half the jackpot. But of course it’s good that there are only two of us! (laughing)

- What will you do with the half million dollars?
- I really want to help the needy children at home, in Volgograd. I don’t know how I’ll do this, who I’ll turn to, but I’ll absolutely have a talk with my managers, and we’ll devise something. God commands sharing and I want to share my joy with the kids, for whom this is actually essential.

- But surely you will also allow something special for yourself?
- I don’t think so. I’ll look after my future, and possibly the future of my children. I’ll make serious investments, since I no longer want to be bothered with trifles.

- What’s on your program for this evening?
- So far I don’t really know, but we’ll think of something! Plenty of rest is on the program! If it works out, I’d enjoy going to a discotheque or club! My primary tournaments are already behind me, with exception of Stuttgart, so maybe I can relax a little.

- This is the first time the women’s pole vault was included in the program for the "Golden League". Were you pleased?
- Last year I participated in two tournaments of the series – in Oslo and Brussels – where the pole vault was in the rank of an exhibition event. And this time, of course I was pleased! True, it was stressful; the responsibility is completely different in comparison with normal starts. Earlier I didn’t fully appreciate how much so. It was especially great here in Berlin. I love to compete in large stadiums, with the support of the spectators, and today there were 70 thousand of them in the stands! Probably this is the best stadium of all six in the "Golden League".

- When do you expect to be home, in Russia?
- In the middle of October. I’ll stay a month with my family at home in Volgograd. I just want to catch up on my sleep and do nothing; to bask in the sun and visit with my friends and family.

19:40 03.12.2009
Ruslan Zakharov: the grants of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” - are additional motivation to compete better
Yesterday, on Desember, 2, the Russian short-track team went to the training camp in Kolomna, after which at the Russian championships the names of five athletes (two men and three women) the participants of the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver will be defined. The leader of the male Russian team, multiple champion of Russia, bronze medalist of the Universiade 2009 Ruslan Zakharov told to the Agency of sport information “All Sport” how the financial problem in such non-commercial kind of sport, as short-track, is solved.

16:28 30.11.2009
Jury Charkovsky: the grants of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” became perfect support for the coaches and servicemen
Yesterday, on November, 29, in Kuusamo (Finland) the second stage of the World Cup in cross country finished. It happened to be one of the most successful in the recent years for the Russian team: in four races Russian athletes won medals, six more got in the best “ten”, seven more finished in the best “30”. The head coach of the Russian cross country team Jury Charkovsky commented on the successful participation of the athletes and specially notified the role of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”, which realizes the “salary” program of support of winter kinds of sport before the Olympic Games-2010 in Vancouver.

10:42 30.11.2009
Alexander Katushev: I was afraid that not all the schools would cope with the financial reports, but we had no problems
“The Russian Olympians Foundation” (which was founded by 15 leading Russian businessmen, the head of the Tutorial council is the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev) sums up the first year of the program on support of children-youth sport schools. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about the details to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

23:11 27.11.2009
Alexander Katushev: some legislation points and the system of sports development in Russia and in South Korea are close enough
Recently the leaders of the South Korean foundation “Sport talents of the future generation” visited “The Russian Olympians Foundation” (which was founded by 15 leading Russian businessmen, the head of the Tutorial council is the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev). The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about the details to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

18:33 25.11.2009
The leaders of the Russian figure skating team Alena Leonova and Sergey Voronov spent the training camp in Switzerland with the help of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”
The leaders of the Russian figure skating team - the World junior champion 2009 Alena Leonova and two-times Russian champion Sergey Voronov – have held the training camp in Switzerland with the help of the grant of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”, received by the program of support of children-youth sport schools. Tatyana Menshikova, the director of the children sport school of figure skating in Sent-Petersburg, whose students are more than a half of the members of Russian team, told about it to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

09:54 15.11.2009
The second forum “Russia is a sport country” will be held in Moscow
The second all-Russian sport forum “Russia is a sport country” will be held in 2010 in Moscow, from July, 29 to August, 1. The deputy chief of the organizing committee of the forum, the deputy chief of the department of the president of Russia of maintenance of activity of the RF State council, the head of the presidium of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexey Kulakovsky told about this decision of the RF president Dmitry Medvedev to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

09:15 04.11.2009
Alexander Katushev: for the moment more than one thousand athletes of summer kinds of sport get more than two thousand summer prize grants of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”
“The Russian Olympians Foundation” has started the realization of the program of support of summer kinds of sport “London-2012”, in the limits of which the grants for the total sum 500 million rubles will be paid. For the moment more than thousand athletes became the grants’ receivers of more than two thousand grants. The executive director of the “Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about the details to the Agency of sport information "All Sport".

21:18 31.10.2009
Alexander Katushev: Sergey Bubka told me that he would like to organize in Ukraine a foundation similar to our “The Russian Olympians Foundation”
The president of the Ukraine Olympic committee, the first vice-president of the International association of athletics federations (IAAF), the member of the International Olympic committee (IOC), the Olympic champion Sergey Bubka considers possibility of creation in Ukraine a foundation of support of the national sports - by the example of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told the details to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

14:19 30.10.2009
Alexander Katushev: at the All-Russian sports forum in Kazan the pilot project of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” on the support of youth sports schools was highly appreciated
Last weekend in Kazan the first All-Russian sports forum “Russia is a sport country” was held. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation”, the member of the organizing committee of the Forum Alexander Katushev noticed to the Agency of sport information «All Sport” that the forum appeared the necessary and opportune platform for discussion of the basic problems and tendencies in development of the Russian sports.

19:07 24.10.2009
The leaders of the South Korean foundation “Sport talents of the future generation” wish to visit “The Russian Olympians Foundation” to adopt its experience
At the beginning of November the leaders of the South Korean foundation “Sport talents of the future generation” wish to visit “The Russian Olympians Foundation” (which was founded by 15 leading Russian businessmen, the head of the Tutorial council is the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev), to study the activity of the Russian colleagues more precisely and possibly adopt the experience of their work. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about it to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

23:21 02.10.2009
Alexander Katushev: too many factors influence on the final result of our participation at the Olympic Games in Vancouver - athlete's, coach's, manager's work, and for some kinds of sport, unfortunately, the work of the WADA
“The Russian Olympians Foundation” (which was founded by 15 leading Russian businessmen, the head of the Tutorial council is the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev), which for the moment is realizing at once two programs of support of winter kinds of sport - “salary” and “bonus”, hopes that our athletes at the Olympic Games-2010 in Vancouver will show the results, at least, not worse than four years ago in Turin. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about it to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.

11:25 02.10.2009
Alexander Katushev: for the moment “The Russian Olympians Foundation” is realizing at once two programs of support of winter kinds of sport - “salary” and “bonus”
“The Russian Olympians Foundation” (which was founded by 15 leading Russian businessmen, the head of the Tutorial council is the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev) for the moment is realizing at once two programs of support of winter kinds of sport - “salary” and “bonus”. The executive director of “The Russian Olympians Foundation” Alexander Katushev told about it to the Agency of sport information “All Sport”.