The 34-year-old, who has been elected on an eight-year
term, was unable to defend her title after the Russian squad was hit with a
blanket ban over the doping scandal which rocked track and field.
Isinbayeva, 34, a double Olympic gold medallist, is one
of four new members elected by fellow athletes.
Also elected are German fencer Britta Heidemann,
Hungarian swimmer Daniel Gyurta and South Korean table tennis player Ryu
Seung-min.
More than 5,000 athletes from 23 countries voted in the
elections, which take place at each Olympic Games. Of those, more than 1,300
cast their vote for Isinbayeva. She has been an outspoken critic of the
decision to ban the Russian athletics team from the Rio Games.
She said the ruling was "a blatant political
order", and sarcastically thanked the IAAF, the body that governs world
athletics, for what she called "this funeral for athletics" in an
interview with the Russian Tass news agency.
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