Yelena Isinbaeva clears 5 meters first in history. 23.07.2005 On 13 July 1985 in Paris, the greatest pole vaulter Sergei Bubka from Donets (Ukraine) had cleared 6 meters first in the history of the men’s pole vault. And now, 20 years and 9 days later, Yelena Isinbaeva cleared 5 meters in the women’s pole vault at yesterday’s London Grand Prix!