END OF AN ERA - POLE VAULT - YELENA ISINBAYEVA

TWICE IN A ROW.

YELENA HAS NEVER LOST TWICE IN A ROW FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE CAN REMEMBER. HER LOSSES ARE DIFFICULT TO REMEMBER.

A NO JUMP - NO WAY.

AFTER THE LOSS IN LONDON GP, THE EXPECTATIONS WAS THAT SHE WILL COME BACK STRONGLY.

BEFORE THE EVENT SHE PROMISED "I HAVE A SURPRISE."

NO ONE EXPECTED IT TO BE WHAT IT WAS. IT WAS A NO JUMP. TWO FOULS AT 4.70 AND ONE AT 4.80.

SERGI BUBKA WHO WAS WATCHING FROM THE STANDS COULD NOT CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS AS SHE FOULED THE SECOND JUMP. AS IF HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

SO IS IT THE END OF AN ERA.

YELENA ISINBAYEVA, WHO HAS GIVEN US SO MANY WORLD RECORDS, MOST OF THE TIMES ENDING UP COMPETING WITH HERSELF AND PERFORMING FOR THE CROWD - CAN SHE DO IT AGAIN.

MAYBE THIS IS THE END OF AN ERA.

MANOJ