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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Barred from competing in Rio de Janeiro, Yelena Isinbayeva was elected as an athletes representative on the International Olympic Committee on Thursday.The Russian pole vaulter saw her election as a sign she retains the trust of her fellow athletes despite being part of a doping-tainted track and field team.Isinbayeva and 66 other Russian track and field athletes were barred from the Rio Games by the IAAF following a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation detailing state-sponsored doping in Russia.Isinbayeva, who has never failed a drug test, was in Rio as she secured an eight-year term as one of four candidates elected to the IOC athletes commission. There were 23 candidates for the posts.I am very thankful to all athletes who voted for me here in Rio, Isinbayeva said in the Olympic Village. Thank you so much for your trust, for your belief, for your support. For me it was very, very important. Today we won all together.Now I will work very hard for the Olympic movement. Of course I will protect the rights of clean athletes all over the world.Isinbayeva, the world record-holder in the womens pole vault, won gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Games. She took bronze four years ago in London.Now she will have a say in how the Olympic movement is run.It is very important for me because I was preparing for this Olympics for a long time and unfortunately I was not able to participate, she said. It is kind of compensation for my competition here in Rio so I am very, very thankful.The three other athletes elected to the IOC were Daniel Gyurta of Hungary, Britta Heidemann of Germany and Ryu Seung-min of South Korea. Custom Carolina Hurricanes Jerseys .com) - Following a late-game loss to the reigning NBA champs, the Toronto Raptors will look to sustain their recent high-level play as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers. Hurricanes Jerseys 2020 .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. https://www.cheaphurricanes.com/ . Newcastle dominated in the early stages but City weathered the storm and then raised its game in extra time. Negredo broke the deadlock from close range after a simple move in the 99th minute before Dzeko took the ball round goalkeeper Tim Krul to seal the victory in the 105th. Carolina Hurricanes Store . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Carolina Hurricanes Shirts . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. MOSCOW, Idaho -- Victor Sanders scored 19 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, to lead Idaho to a 90-67 win in its season opener over Corban University on Saturday night.Perrion Callandret added 14 points, Brayon Blake had 13 points to go with 11 rebounds, and Arkadiy Mkrtychyan had 12 points with seven rebounds. The Vandals shot 49 percent from the field, including 8 of 14 from long range, and controlled the glass 49-26.Idaho took control with a 12-0 run midway through the first half tthat included a pair of 3-pointers from Callandret and made it 39-26 with 1:42 left before the break.dddddddddddd A pair of free throws from Brayon Blake followed by another 3-pointer from Callandret early in the second half put Idaho up 46-32 and the margin stayed in double figures the rest of the way.Corban, an NAIA program, was led by Chris Martins 13 points. ' ' '