Two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva was offered to be a flag-bearer for the Russian national team at the opening ceremony of 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
"I talked to Lena last night, she was offered to be a flag-bearer of our team. But, you know, it will be hard for her to do this and then watch others compete from aside," TASS cited her coach Yevgeny Trofimov as saying.
