Two-time Olympic champion and three-time world pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva posted a quote on her social networks about the futility of pretending.
“You do not need to pretend to be a pond, an ocean, so as not to frighten others with your depths,” Isinbayeva wrote.
On July 12, El Digital Sur wrote that Isinbayeva had moved to Spain. On July 17, the athlete announced that his awards and military rank from the CSKA sports community became official, and in September he returned to work at the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
On July 18, the President of Dagestan Sergey Melikov instructed The Mayor of Makhachkala Yusup Umamov and the Ministry of Sports of the Republic decided to change the name of the athletics stadium named after Elena Isinbayeva, due to the fact that the two-time Olympic champion goes to Spain.
Former athlete Ekaterina Koneva statedthis will not condemn or justify Isinbayeva.