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Yelena Isinbayeva on Russia's Rio 2016 ban: Funeral for athletics

<p>Two-time Olympic pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva livid after Court of Arbitration dashes dope-tainted Russia&rsquo;s Rio Olympics hopes</p>

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Yelena Isinbaeva

Yelena Isinbaeva

Moscow: Russian athletes yesterday reacted with a mixture of anger and despair after the Court of Arbitration for Sport dashed their dreams of competing at the Rio Olympics by rejecting an appeal against a ban for doping.


Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbaeva during the IAAF Golden League Golden event at Rome in 2009. PIC/GETTY IMAGES

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