Undisputed grande dame of the pole vault, the Russian beauty Yelena Isinbayeva (
seen here) is red-hot favourite to retain her Olympic title at Beijing but her long-term career goal is to claim an unprecedented 36 world records.
She is European, world and Olympic champion and looks set to dominate the discipline until London 2012 and beyond.
Isinbayeva frequently betters her own record but rarely raises the bar more than just one centimetre at a time thereby claiming substantial prize money.
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