Fox334 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Yup, Carolina Klüft will not compete in Beijing's Heptathlons, as she now wants to concentrate on the long and triple jump. This is a pretty bad news for Sweden as she was all but a guaranteed gold medal. Apparently doing Heptathlons for Klüft just wasn't fun anymore and now she wants to concentrate on only two events. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=44091.html
Faster Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 Yup, Carolina Klüft will not compete in Beijing's Heptathlons, as she now wants to concentrate on the long and triple jump. This is a pretty bad news for Sweden as she was all but a guaranteed gold medal. Apparently doing Heptathlons for Klüft just wasn't fun anymore and now she wants to concentrate on only two events. http://www.iaaf.org/OLY08/news/kind=100/newsid=44091.html She still can jump and triple jump with the best of them and will still have a decent shot at medaling in those events.
baron-pierreIV Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 where's that pillan poster? She's positively going to get hemorroids over this!!
Rob2012 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Posted March 20, 2008 LOL, too true. Gives us Brits a good shot though!
Fox334 Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Posted March 20, 2008 She still can jump and triple jump with the best of them and will still have a decent shot at medaling in those events. I know, but Sweden still lost a 99% possibility of getting a gold medal in the women's heptathlon. And thats a far cry from a "decent shot at medaling". But anyway, I wish her the best of luck in her event.
Durban Sandshark Posted March 21, 2008 Report Posted March 21, 2008 That's too bad. Kluft was Sweden's best hope for gold in the Olympics, almost assured. I was hoping she'll become an Olympic legend in that sport in the same way Jackie Joyner-Kersee is...and go one better--obliterate it in terms of heptathlete points. I too wish her well in the long and triple jumps. Shame Kajsa Bergqvist is no longer high jumping having retired very early this year. She would've been a contender for gold. So the door is now open to Kelly Sotherton and Tia Hellebaut...
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