MADRID, Spain -- Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia set yet another world record in the pole vault Sunday, jumping 16 feet, 3/4 inches at the European Indoor Championships.
The 22-year-old Isinbayeva notched a new world record for the 13th time. She set the previous indoor mark with a jump of 16 1/2 last month.
"I'm so happy that I broke the record today and I hope it won't be the last this year," Isinbayeva said. "I dedicate this to the public of Madrid."
Isinbayeva has now set four indoor world records this season. She also set the outdoor record of 16-1¼ at the Athens Olympics, then raised it to 16-1¾ in September.
Her nearest competitor Sunday was Poland's Anna Rogowska, who took silver with a jump of 15-7. Monika Pyrek of Poland was third (15-5).
Olympic decathlon and world indoor heptathlon champion Roman Sebrle retained the European indoor heptathlon title, beating Aleksandr Pogorelov of Russia in the final event.
Sebrle won with 6,232 points. Pogorelov was second with 6,111 points, and Roland Schwarzl of Austria was third with 6,064.
Sebrle went into the final 1,000-meter event trailing Pogorelov by 55 points. But a fourth-place finish in 2 minutes, 39.54 seconds was enough to take the gold after Pogorelov finished last in 2:56.32.
"Despite being in second place in the combined results going into the final event, I was confident of victory because I knew I could run faster than Pogorelov," Sebrle said.
Olympic high jump and world indoor champion Stefan Holm of Sweden won gold, clearing 7-10½ on his second attempt.
It was a world best for this year and a championship record. He tried to clear 7-11¼ to beat the Swedish record but failed.
Russian Yaroslav was second (7-9¾), and countryman Pavel Fomenko got bronze (7-7¼).
Tobias Unger of Germany won the men's 200 in 20.53, while Britain's Chris Lambert won silver in 20.69 and Poland's Marcin Urbas took bronze in 21.04.
