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Isinbayeva warms up for Oympic threepeat with win

Russia's pole vaulting legend Yelena Isinbayeva won on her first appearance at an open air athletics meeting this season here on Tuesday just under a month ahead of her bid for a third successive Olympic title.

Russia's pole vaulting legend Yelena Isinbayeva, pictured in March 2012, won on her first appearance at an open air athletics meeting this season here on Tuesday just under a month ahead of her bid for a third successive Olympic title.

The 30-year-old - who won her fourth world indoor title earlier this year in Istanbul - won with a best vault of 4.75 metres, which she achieved on her first attempt.

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