Pole vault queen eyes golden comeback

VOLGOGRAD, Russia - Russia's two-time Olympic pole-vault champion, Yelena Isinbayeva, is targeting an international comeback this season after a series of setbacks last year, she said.

The glamorous native of the Volga river city of Volgograd astonished the world and became Russia's best-known sportswoman by winning Olympic gold in Athens and Beijing and lifting the world record to well above five meters.

However, her aura of invincibility slipped when she failed to record a height in the final stage of the 2009 Berlin World Championships and only came fourth in last year's World Indoor Championships in Doha.