Donetsk (Ukraine): Yelena Isinbayeva has broken her own indoor pole vault record by clearing a height of five metres.
At a sports event, Pole Vault Stars, in Donetsk (Ukraine) the 26-year-old eclipsed the mark of 4.95 meters she set last year.
Isinbayeva made her 2009 debut on Sunday, setting a world record at the event for the sixth consecutive year.
She broke the record in the first attempt itself when she cleared 4.97 metres but in the second she managed to go one better clearing five metres.
Isinbayeva's outdoor record is 5.05 meters which she set at the Beijing Olympic Games last year.
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