World triple jump champion Phillips Idowu has withdrawn from the World Indoor Championships in Doha later this week.

Yelena Isinbayeva won the Pole Vault Stars competition for the seventh time while Przemyslaw Czerwinski of Poland improved to 5.82m to take the men’s competition in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Saturday (6).

Ivan Ukhov leaped a world-leading 2.38m, and Blanka Vlasic posted a 2.04m in the 17th Europa Shopping Center competition in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on Thursday (4). It was the final competition for both as they head to Doha and the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the end of next week.

When Yelena Isinbayeva says that competing in Donetsk is like competing at home, she isn't just being diplomatic.