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Elena Isinbayeva upset her fellow Russian…

Elena Isinbayeva upset her fellow Russian and world recordholder Svetlana Feofanova to win the pole vault at the international meet staged yesterday at the brand-new indoor arena at Paeania, east of Athens. Isinbayeva cleared 4.65 meters to Feofanova’s 4.60. Other winners included Ukraine’s Zhanna Block in the 60-meter, in 7.13 seconds, Jamaica’s Sandie Richards in the 400 meters, in 52.39 seconds, and, among the men, Serbia’s Dragutin Topic in the high jump, with 2.33 meters.

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