Athletics: Isinbayeva 'bored' and set to return

Olympic pole vault champion and world record holder Yelena Isinbayeva will end her "boring" break from the sport in February, the Russian revealed yesterday.

Isinbayeva will return at the Pole Vault Stars competition promoted by her role model and legendary vaulter Sergey Bubka in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, nearly a year after she said she was taking an indefinite break.

"I know that I will start from February," Isinbayeva said. "For sure it is going to be the Pole Vault Stars in Donetsk. The most important goal of course is the London Olympic Games 2012... but still we have world championships in 2011 and my last championships will be Moscow 2013."

Isinbayeva has not competed since April after failing to win a medal at the world indoor and outdoor championships but the 28-year-old is keen to return after watching from the sidelines. "I find it very boring. To live normal life. When I competed I used to wake up every morning and I knew what I was going to do for the day. Training, rest, eat. But all these three months when I had break, I woke up and I was wondering, What am I going do today?," said the Russian, who won gold medals at the Athens and Beijing Olympics.