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2008 Olympics>Top Ten Incredible Olympians at the Beijing Games
UPDATED: August-29-2008 Web Exclusive
Elena Isinbaeva, Russia
 

Sport: Athletics

Result: Gold medal in women's pole vault

Key Words: 5.05 meters

Magic Index: ★★★★

Description: The 26-year-old pole vault czarina murmured before each attempt. No one could actually identify what she was murmuring about. With the "help" of her magic incantation (which according to her own explanation was "Do it, do it, just do it. Just be confident; I'm OK."), she cleared her 24th world record of 5.05 meters on the last attempt, exactly 1 centimeter higher than her previous one.

Words From the Heart: "I was trying to do my best for the crowd. It makes me happy, so happy. I felt that I could not go out without the world record because of the support the crowd gave me. The sky is my only limit. Life would be boring without records to break, so I want to continue on forever."


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