Russia's double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva will not take part in the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Paris in March over illness, Russia's national head coach said.

"She has a virus disease, she's got flue. She skipped Stockholm and now she will skip the European championship," Valentin Maslakov told the R-Sport newspaper.

In February, Isinbayeva, who had spent almost nine months out of competitions, made a comeback with the world-leading 4.81 m at the Russian Winter Meeting in Moscow.