Elena Isinbayeva answered the question about returning to Russia from Spain
The two-time Olympic champion responded to one of the comments in social networks with the phrase: “What will change in your life if you see me on Red Square or on Mamayev Kurgan?”
Two-time Olympic champion in pole jumping Elena Isinbayeva answered on her Instagram (owned by Meta, the company is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) when asked about returning to Russia.
Isinbayeva, 44, who lives in Spain, asked followers what they were interested in learning about her life and experience. In one comment, the user wrote that he would like Isinbayeva to return home.
“What does home mean to you? And what will change in your life if you see me on Red Square or on Mamayev Kurgan? Or in St. Petersburg near St. Isaac's Cathedral? - Isinbayeva answered him.
Isinbayeva is the champion of 2004 and 2008 in pole jumping, she also has the bronze of the 2012 Olympics, three world titles and the current world record in this discipline (5.06 m).
She has been a member of the International Olympic Committee since 2016 and was a member of the Athletes' Commission, her powers expired after the Paris Olympics.
In 2023, a scandal broke out around Isinbayeva. Then she said that during her sports career was not in the Armed Forces of Russia, and the rank of major, which she was awarded for her performance in the CSKA, called “nominal”. She was expelled from the headquarters of the Popular Front, and the stadium named in her honor in Makhachkala was renamed Trud. After that, the athlete began to be regularly criticized, including for the fact that she lives outside Russia.
