Yelena Isinbayeva is the world’s best female pole vaulter who has never been accused of doping or cheating, but because she’s a Russian athlete, she won’t be able to compete in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. By now you’re probably aware that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had considered a blanket ban on the Russian Federation for their state-sponsored doping program at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but instead opted to treat it on a case-by-case basis.
Yelena is one of the Russian Olympians who received a ban from the Rio games, but she claims that she’s always been clean and has never cheated. There is a belief by some that the IOC might have banned more athletes than were actually guilty and none would have affected Russia as deeply as Yelena’s. She was pretty much guaranteed to earn a spot on the podium, and probably would have won the gold. Last June she cleared the year’s best height at 4 meters 90 centimeters.
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