2022 Beijing Olympics - Figure Skating - Men Single Skating - Short Program - Capital Indoor Stadium, Beijing, China - February 8, 2022. Two-time Olympic champion pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and member of the International Olympic Committee is seen in the stands. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina 

Russian track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva attends Russia's Sports Ministry awards gala in Moscow, Russia December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), smiles at the end of the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), talks to IOC members Danka Bartekova and Yelena Isinbayeva at the end of the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), walks during a break at the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), walks during a break at the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), walks during a break at the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Yelena Isinbayeva, Olympic pole vault champion and member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), looks on as she walks during a break at the 133rd IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci 

Athletics - Russian Athletics Cup - Meteor Stadium, Zhukovsky, Russia - July 28, 2017 - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, two time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva and President of the Russia's athletics federation Dmitri Shlyakhtin attend an opening ceremony. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva arrives at the briefing of 2024 Olympic Games candidate cities Paris and Los Angeles ahead of final election of 2024 Olympic host city, in Lausanne, Switzerland July 11, 2017. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy 

Football Soccer - FIFA Awards Ceremony - FIFA Fan Award - Zurich, Switzerland - 09/01/17. Russian pole vaulter and 2018 World Cup ambassador Yelena Isinbayeva and former soccer player Lucas Radebe at the ceremony. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

Football Soccer - FIFA Awards Ceremony - Zurich, Switzerland - 09/01/17. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva arrives at the ceremony. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Football Soccer - FIFA Awards Ceremony - Zurich, Switzerland - 09/01/17. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva arrives at the ceremony. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva attends an awarding ceremony for Russian Olympic medallists returning home from the 2016 Rio Olympics at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia competes during the women's pole vault final of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in China August 18, 2008. Mike Blake: "I was covering the medals at the track-and-field and in between medal presentations I would throw on a long lens and try and shoot different events that were going on. This picture is of the Russian pole vaulter who actually won the gold medal." REUTERS/Mike Blake SEARCH "OLYMPIC HISTORY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Athletics - Russian Olympians Cup - Brothers Znamensky Olympic Centre, Moscow, Russia, 28/7/16. Head of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Dmitry Shlyakhtin and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva arrive to deliver a speech. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Athletics - Russian Olympians Cup - Brothers Znamensky Olympic Centre, Moscow, Russia, 28/7/16. Head of the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Dmitry Shlyakhtin and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva walk. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill (R), Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) chief Alexander Zhukov (L), and track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva pose for a family photo with members of Russian Olympic team in front of the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Russian track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva talks on her mobile phone as she attends a prayer service ahead of Russian Olympic team departure to Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Russian track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva talks on her mobile phone as she walks at Red Square in Moscow, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Russian track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva waves as she walks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) chief Alexander Zhukov, and track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva pose for a family photo with members of Russian Olympic team in front of the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Russian track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva talks on her mobile phone as she attends a prayer service ahead of Russian Olympic team departure to Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Uspensky (Assumption) Cathedral in the Moscow's Kremlin, Russia July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva during a personal send-off for members of the Russian Olympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva reacts as she speaks during Russian President Vladimir Putin's personal send-off for members of the Russian Olympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Track-and-field athlete Yelena Isinbayeva reacts as she walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin during his personal send-off for members of the Russian Olympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva during an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva reacts after an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva greets spectators. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva during an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Valeriya Nikonova and Yelena Isinbayeva pose for a picture with athletes after competing. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva packs her poles after an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva reacts after an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva poses for a picture with spectators after competing. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva signs autographs for spectators after competing. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian Track and Field Championships - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva warms up before an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian Track and Field Championships - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 21/6/16. Yelena Isinbayeva warms up before an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva greets supporters after her attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva during an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva reacts after an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva embraces General Secretary of Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Mikhail Butov after her attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva during an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva sits before an attempt. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva warms up. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Athletics - Russian track and field championship - Women's pole vault - Cheboksary, Russia, 20/6/16. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva warms up. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

(L-R) Russian track and field athlete Sergey Shubenkov, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and high jumper Anna Chicherova attend a news conference in Moscow, Russia, November 16,2015.Russia said on Sunday it would ask the world athletics body to allow its athletes to compete under an Olympic banner rather than the Russian flag to circumvent a ban, but the idea was quickly brushed aside by the International Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva (L) speaks to high jumper Anna Chicherova during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, November 16, 2015. Russia said on Sunday it would ask the world athletics body to allow its athletes to compete under an Olympic banner rather than the Russian flag to circumvent a ban, but the idea was quickly brushed aside by the International Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva attends during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, November 16,2015.Russia said on Sunday it would ask the world athletics body to allow its athletes to compete under an Olympic banner rather than the Russian flag to circumvent a ban, but the idea was quickly brushed aside by the International Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva attends during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, November 16,2015.Russia said on Sunday it would ask the world athletics body to allow its athletes to compete under an Olympic banner rather than the Russian flag to circumvent a ban, but the idea was quickly brushed aside by the International Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva attends during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, November 16,2015.Russia said on Sunday it would ask the world athletics body to allow its athletes to compete under an Olympic banner rather than the Russian flag to circumvent a ban, but the idea was quickly brushed aside by the International Olympic Committee. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin 

Women's pole vault world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia
waves as she arrievs for the preliminary draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia July 25, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov 

Olympic champion gymnast-turned parliamentarian Alina Kabayeva (L) and double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva look on as Russia defeats Slovakia in a shootout
during their men's preliminary round ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 16, 2014.REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY SPORT ATHLETICS SPORT GYMNASTICS POLITICS OLYMPICS) 

Olympic champion gymnast-turned parliamentarian Alina Kabayeva (L) and double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva celebrate as Russia defeats Slovakia in a shootout
during their men's preliminary round ice hockey game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 16, 2014.REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ICE HOCKEY SPORT ATHLETICS SPORT GYMNASTICS POLITICS OLYMPICS) 

Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva sits in the tribune during second jump of the men's ski jumping large hill individual qualification round at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 14, 2014. REUTERS/Michael Dalder (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SKIING)

Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva sits in the tribune during second jump of the men's ski jumping large hill individual qualification round at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, February 14, 2014.
REUTERS/Michael Dalder (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT SKIING)

Russian rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabaeva (L) receives the Olympic flame from Russian Olympic champion wrestler Aleksandr Karelin as tennis player Maria Sharapova (R) and Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (2ndR) look on holds during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Russian Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (L), tennis player Maria Sharapova (C) and Olympic champion wrestler Aleksandr Karelin run with the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT)

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova watches as pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva holds the Olympic torch
during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT) 

Russian Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva (C) passes the Olympic flame to Olympic champion wrestler Aleksandr Karelin, next to tennis player Maria Sharapova (R) during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova hands the Olympic flame to Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva during the opening ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, February 7, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (RUSSIA - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT)