MOSCOW, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva won gold in the women's pole vault at the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Monday, repeating her feat of four years ago in Athens and setting a new world record.
The 26-year-old Russian won the gold when she cleared the height of 4.85 meters, but she went on to clear 4.95 and then beat her own world record by just one centimeter, clearing 5.05 meters at the third attempt.
The silver went to Olympic debutant Jennifer Stuczynski of the United States, and the bronze to another Russian, Svetlana Feofanova, who was the 2004 silver medalist.
The previous world record was set by Isinbayeva on July 29 at the Monaco Super Grand Prix.
When asked after the event in Monaco about her plans for the Olympics in Beijing, Isinbayeva said, "To win there I think I'll have to beat the world record again."
The Russian has now broken the pole vault record 24 times.
