http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olym...cs/7568077.stm
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own women's pole vault world record on the way to defending her Olympic title.
The 26-year-old beat the record by a centimetre with a clearance of 5.05 metres, finishing ahead of American Jennifer Stuczynski, who cleared 4.80m.
Russia's Svetlana Feofanova took bronze with a vault of 4.75m.
Isinbayeva, who has also won two world titles, has now broken the world record on three occasions this year - in Rome, Monaco, and now in Beijing.
The Russian needed just two jumps in the final to claim her second Olympics gold, electing to begin her defence at 4.70m.
He clinched the title with her second vault - 4.85m - having watched rivals Feofanova and Stuczynski bow out of the competition at lower heights.
Isinbayeva then raised the bar to 4.95m - a new Olympic record - and cleared it on her third attempt.
With only the women's pole vault still running at the Bird's Nest, the Volgograd athlete moved the bar up to the world record height of 5.05m, which she cleared, again, with her third and final attempt.
Isinbayeva first broke the world record in 2003 in Gateshead, when she cleared 4.82m.
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I like this girl. I luaghted so hard when he went into that self made tent just before achieving the new WR.
She is a such show woman and make the sport fun.
Good for her.
