BEIJING, July 31 -- Russian Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own women's world pole vault record on Tuesday when she cleared 5.04m at her third attempt at the Monaco Grand Prix. Isinbayeva, who bettered her previous mark of 5.03m set at the Rome Golden League meeting on July 11, recorded her 13th outdoor world record and 23rd overall on a warm, still night in the principality.

The Olympic and world champion had come close to vaulting 5.04m last Friday in London, where she cleared the bar with her third attempt but brought it down during her descent.

"The record just happened," the 26-year-old Monaco resident told reporters. "Monaco is my home town and it's my first competition (in Monaco) since I've been living here. That motivated me.

"I'm in a good shape, I just need to keep my condition that way until the Olympics. I wanted to improve my personal best and that's what I did. I see this world record first of all as a personal best."

Former world record holder Asafa Powell won his third consecutive 100m race of the season in his last major meeting before the Beijing Olympics starting next week.

Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva clears 5.04 metres at her third attempt to set a new women's pole vault world record at the Monaco grand prix in Monte-Carlo July 29, 2008

The Jamaican Commonwealth champion clocked 9.82 sec, his best time this year. Only compatriot Usain Bolt, who took the world record from Powell on May 31, and American world champion Tyson Gay have run faster in 2008.

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