Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, candidate for the IOC Athletes' Commission, will very quickly have the opportunity to train for a possible role as a member of the Olympic organization. She has just been appointed president of the athletes' commission of the Russian Athletics Federation. She will sit there alongside several other big names in Russian athletics, including Tatayana Lebedeva, Sergey Litvinov and Sergey Shubenkov. The election to the IOC Athletes' Commission is scheduled to take place during the Rio 2016 Games.
— Published on May 23, 2016
