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Yelena Isinbayeva Controversy

World pole vault champion, Yelena Isinbayeva has sparked controversy by speaking out against homosexuality.

World pole vault champion, Yelena Isinbayeva has sparked controversy by speaking out against homosexuality. She defended new laws in her native Russia which makes it illegal to to give under-18s information about homosexuality

(Photo: Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva smiles on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's pole vault at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow. Credit: Getty Images)

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Fri 16 Aug 201310:32GMT
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