Athlete's foot
ByReuters
Published 09/12/2005 at 09:23 GMT
Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson of Sweden is likely to miss the indoor season due to a foot injury. "I haven't even started jumping properly," Olsson told Swedish public television SVT on Thursday. "The way things feel right now there won't
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"If I were to set my sights on February something drastic would have to happen right now...there is no reason to stress towards an indoor season even though I really want to compete."
The 25-year-old Olsson first hurt his foot when he won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and has since struggled with the injury.
He has not competed this year, skipping the world championships in Helsinki in August where he would have been the title holder.
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