Kluft to miss European indoors

Heptathlon world champion Carolina Kluft will skip the European indoor championships in March and will compete only in the 60 metres during the winter season to recover from a shinbone stress fracture, her father said. The 25-year-old 2004 Olympic...

Heptathlon world champion Carolina Kluft will skip the European indoor championships in March and will compete only in the 60 metres during the winter season to recover from a shinbone stress fracture, her father said.

The 25-year-old 2004 Olympic champion announced her retirement from heptathlon in March to focus on the long jump and triple jump in which the Swede failed to qualify for either final at the Beijing Olympics.

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