Poles apart of the field, Yelena Isinbayeva carried on her domination of the pole vault with a gold medal at the world indoor championships in Istanbul, Turkey. The Russian won gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and looks on course to secure a hat-trick of Olympic successes in London [GALLO/GETTY]
Published On 12 Mar 201212 Mar 2012
In the world of athletics, the U.S. are the nation to beat. They remain as dominant as ever after securing their best medal tally at the indoors with 18 medals despite a youthful squad. Heptathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton (pictured) looks invincible and he is just one of the Americans favoured for gold in London [GALLO/GETTY]
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It was a good day at the office for Ukrainian Natallia Dobrynska who set a new world record in the heptathlon finishing ahead of Britain(***)s Jessica Ennis. She is the reigning Olympic champion in the event but will likely face stiff challenges from Ennis and world champion Tatyana Chernova in London [GALLO/GETTY]
Winner of the men(***)s 800m Mohammed Aman celebrates as he crosses the line ahead of an equally jubilant Jakub Holusa of the Czech Republic and Andrew Osagie of Great Britain. At the tender age of 18 the Ethiopian was the youngest athlete to win gold at the event and looks set to dominate for years to come [GALLO/GETTY]
Like the U.S. team, Great Britain also recorded their best medal tally at the world indoors after securing nine medals including two golds. Yamile Aldama leaped to victory in the triple jump while the women(***)s 4x400 relay team (pictured) got the better of the U.S. and Russia [GALLO/GETTY]
There was a big surprise in the high jump as Dimitrios Chondrokoukis of Greece won gold with a clearance at 2.33m. With the victory he upset Olympic champion Andrey Silnov of Russia and defending indoor champion Ivan Ukhov [GALLO/GETTY]
The Jamaicans continue to thrive over the short distance races with Veronica Campbell-Brown finishing ahead of American Tianna Madison in the women(***)s 60m final. Campbell-Brown is a five-time Olympic medalist and reigning 200m World and Olympic champion [GALLO/GETTY]
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Current world champion Sally Pearson will be the woman to beat in the 100m hurdles in London. The Australian won gold in the 60m hurdles at the indoors in a world leading time of 7.73 ahead of Great Britain(***)s Tiffany Porter [GALLO/GETTY]
