https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's three-time world heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft, who now competes in the long jump, will retire after the London Olympics in 2012. https://www.thelocal.se/20110519/33858 Thu, 19 May 2011 08:53:00 +0200 33858 Swedish athlete Carolina Klüft will compete at the European Championships after being given a wild card despite falling short of the minimum qualification distance for the long jump competition at a meet in Karlstad on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100716/27820 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:24:00 +0200 27820 With just days remaining before deadline for qualification for the 2010 European Championships, Swedish athlete and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft is battling to achieve a long jump distance to ensure participation. https://www.thelocal.se/20100715/27802 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:29:00 +0200 27802 Olympic champion Caroline Klüft insisted in a magazine here on Thursday she is finished with the heptathlon as she prepares to concentrate on the long-jump and triple-jump in Beijing. https://www.thelocal.se/20080731/13406 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:29:00 +0200 13406 Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft of Sweden said on Monday British sprinter Dwain Chambers and other such drug cheats should not be allowed to compete in Olympic Games. https://www.thelocal.se/20080701/12754 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:27:00 +0200 12754 Swedish athletics star Carolina Klüft has expressed her displeasure with arrangers Scottishathletics for combining her likeness with a caricature of Pippi Longstocking for a press conference promoting an upcoming competition. https://www.thelocal.se/20080520/11886 Tue, 20 May 2008 14:09:00 +0200 11886 Home favourite Karolina Klüft lived up to her top billing at the European Championships in Gothenburg on Tuesday, crushing her rivals to win an historic gold in the heptathlon. https://www.thelocal.se/20060809/4552 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:15:00 +0200 4552 Swedish heptathlete Carolina Kluft said on Friday she would not participate in any events this indoor season due to a risk of injury, including the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Moscow. https://www.thelocal.se/20060120/2907-2 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:11:00 +0100 2907-2 Olympic champion Carolina Klüft of Sweden retained her heptathlon world title at the World Atheletics Championships in Helsinki on Sunday, seeing off French arch-rival Eunice Barber in a thrilling sprint finish in the final event, the 800m. https://www.thelocal.se/20050807/1852-5 Sun, 07 Aug 2005 22:04:00 +0200 1852-5 A row between tabloid Expressen and Swedish athletes Carolina Klüft and Patrik Kristiansson has led to the newspaper pulling the plug on its sponsorship of the Swedish atheletics team. https://www.thelocal.se/20050805/1843-5 Fri, 05 Aug 2005 12:57:00 +0200 1843-5 Swedish Olympic gold medallist Carolina Kluft on Sunday won the women's heptathlon at the IAAF Hypo-meeting in Austria with 6824 points, the best performance in the sport so far this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20050530/1511-2 Mon, 30 May 2005 15:45:00 +0200 1511-2