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WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO WORDS OF WISDOM IN MONACO WITH YELENA ISINBAEVA INTERVIEW by Olga Taran A TWO-TIME OLYMPIC CHAMPION, A 28-TIME WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN THE POLE VAULT, A SEVEN-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. WHAT IS HER RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT LOOKING LIKE TODAY? WHAT ARE YELENA ISINBAEVA’S CURRENT PROJECTS? ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPORTEL MONACO FESTIVAL, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A THOROUGH DISCUSSION ABOUT IT ALL WITH YELENA WHO HAS NOW TAKEN ON THE NEW ROLE AS ITS JURY’S PRESIDENT. ДВУКРАТНАЯ ОЛИМПИЙСКАЯ ЧЕМПИОНКА, ОБЛАДАТЕЛЬНИЦА 28 МИРОВЫХ РЕКОРДОВ В ПРЫЖКАХ С ШЕСТОМ, СЕМИКРАТНАЯ ЧЕМПИОНКА МИРА — КАК СЕГОДНЯ МОЖНО ПРОДОЛЖИТЬ ЭТОТ СПИСОК ДОСТИЖЕНИЙ?  ЧЕМ СЕЙЧАС ЗАНЯТА ЕЛЕНА ИСИНБАЕВА? ОБ ЭТОМ И МНОГОМ ДРУГОМ МЫ ПОГОВОРИЛИ С ЕЛЕНОЙ В МОНАКО НА 30-М, ЮБИЛЕЙНОМ ФЕСТИВАЛЕ SPORTEL MONACO, ГДЕ ЕЛЕНА ВЫСТУПИЛА В НОВОМ ДЛЯ СЕБЯ КАЧЕСТВЕ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА ЖЮРИ. HelloMonaco: Yelena, your record of achievement is very impressive. What is Yelena Isinbaeva busy with today? Yelena Isinbaeva: I am now a member of the International Olympic Committee. I was elected for this position in 2016 by athletes from all around the world at the Olympic Games in Rio. This is a very honour- able and important mission. In addition to this, I am also a wife and a mother of two, involved with a charity foundation which I had myself created.   HM: Would you tell us more about your Foundation. How did you come up with the idea; what is it called? 36 / Hello Monaco Winter 2019–2020 www.hellomonaco.com Ye.I: It is actually called the Yelena Isinbaeva Charity Foundation. I founded it back in 2015. Its main mission is spreading sports among our population, in particular, children going through difficult life situ- ations. Just this year we were awarded a presidential grant. Thus next year we are holding a two-day sports festival bringing together chil- dren from orphanages. We are also hosting competitions for 14–15 year-old professional ath- letes. In addition, we are building sports grounds for regular normal exercising, in particular, for social centres and orphanages. If ever we have any extra finance, we build playgrounds in densely populated