Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own pole vault world record with an effort of 5.06 metres at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting.
Russian adds single centimetre to pole vault mark in Zurich
Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own pole vault world record with an effort of 5.06 metres at the Weltklasse Golden League meeting.
Isinbayeva, making her first appearance since failing to register a height during her shock defeat at the world championships in Berlin, added one centimetre to the mark she set at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
"It's really unbelievable, crazy, amazing," said Isinbayeva, who has now achieved 27 world records - 12 indoors and 15 outdoors - during her career.
"I felt fresh after Berlin when doing nothing there and I want to thank my fans for their support after that setback."
Jackpot
Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and Sanya Richards maintained their ambitions of lifting outright or sharing the $1million Golden League jackpot at the final meeting of the series in Brussels on September 4.
Bekele showed no signs of tiredness after his world 5,000 and 10,000m double when winning over the shorter distance in 12m 52.32s.
World 400m champion Richards destroyed her opponents with a run of 48.94s, the fastest in the world this year.
Meanwhile, Usain Bolt clocked 9.81 seconds to take victory in the 100m at the Zurich event.
Bolt, the triple Olympic and world champion, was sluggish out of the blocks but eventually overhauled Jamaican compatriot, Asafa Powell, with 25m remaining.
Powell came home second in 9.88s with American Darvis Patton taking third in 9.95s.
