Sad, but expected story from Rio: Isinbaeva has retired from pole vault

As expected, after banning from Olympics competition a first lady of pole vault, Elena Isinbaeva retires from professional sport.

Tom Bennet (Eurosport) reported from the scene that 'the news comes a day after the two-time Olympic gold medalist was voted on to the IOC athletes’ commission, despite being suspended from competition due to Russia’s athletics ban.'

He reminded that Isinbaeva was a 'vocal critic of the decision to ban Russian athletes from the Rio Games, claiming that it denied her a final chance at Olympic glory even though she was an athlete with no individual history of doping.'

But, wasn't this truth?

Without any doping history, with a perfectly clean sport career, Isinbaeva was banned to compete under the 'zero tolerance' IOC decision.

That 'zero tolerance' policy we saw at Rio, watching a numerous athletes with a doping history competing for medals.

Then-what is it about?! And, is there any sport fan that can't figure out complete picture?!

The most devastating fact was that so little objective reactions came out from sport community.

That isn't not only sad, but disappointing and senseless.

Still, let us remind how this unprecedented event took place and how world champion in women's pole vault reacted

And, this could happen to anyone, anywhere if 'someone' decide by a stroke of a pen to destroy ones career!

The court ruling, Bennet continues, was a “funeral for athletics” according to Isinbayeva, who also insinuated that Russia had been scapegoated for the incident and said on her election to the IOC commission that she will “never forgive IOC for Rio ban”.

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Her current world record is 5.06 m outdoors, set in Zurich in August 2009.