Yelena Isinbayeva (daylife.com)
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Yelena Isinbayeva receives Prince of Asturias Award
24.10.2009
Yelena Isinbayeva received the prestigious Prince of Asturias Awards for her achievements in sports during the last year.
The ceremony took place in Oviedo, the capital of the Principality of Asturias, on Friday. In addition to a sculpture by Spanish sculptor Joan Miró and a diploma, Isinbayeva received a check for €50.000.
The award came on the same day that the International Association of Athletics Federations ratfied her world record set at the fifth stage of the Golden League in Zurich this August. The 27-year-old cleared 5.06m for her 27th career world record.
While Isinbayeva certainly ended the season on a high note, setting the world record in Zurich and later earning a third-share of the $1 million Golden League jackpot -- Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia and Sanya Richards of the U.S. shared in the winnings -- the year proved to be quite difficult for the two-time Olympic champion. In August, she failed to clear her opening height and bombed out of the World Championships. She redeemed herself a week later in Zurich.
Since 1981, the Foundation of the Prince of Asturias annually awards individuals, entities and organizations from around the world for their notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, public affairs and sports.
During the award's existence it has been given to such sporting legends like sprinter Carl Lewis, tennis star Steffi Graf, cyclist Lance Armstrong and F1 pilot Michael Schumacher, as well as legendary pole vaulter Sergei Bubka, who became Isinbaeva's inspiration.
http://www.universalsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&ATCLID=204820205
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