Isinbayeva became the first woman to clear the five-metre barrier in 2005
Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva set a new world indoor record of 5.01m at the XL Galan meeting in Stockholm.
The 29-year-old Russian athlete, who holds the outdoor world record of 5.06m,, external improved on her previous mark of 5.00m, set in Donetsk in 2009.
Great Britain's Holly Bleasdale was second with a vault of 4.72m, with Pan-American champion Yarisley Silva in third with the same height.
Isinbayeva's win comes ahead of March's World Indoor Championships in Istanbul.
After the result, Bleasdale wrote on her Twitter, external page: "So 4.72! Another consistent height! But the most important thing is the old Holly is back and ready to roll to Istanbul!"
- Published9 February 2012
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