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.
Sweden's Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson, who has been out injured for almost a year, will take part in next week's IAAF meeting in Madrid, the IAAF said on its website.
The foreign ministers of Sweden, Portugal and Spain on Friday joined Britain in opposing any boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening, while expressing concern at the situation in Tibet.
Swedish champion Carolina Klüft said in an interview published on Wednesday she would not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Games this summer following injury problems.
Sweden's Carolina Klüft, the current Olympic, world (three-time) and European (twice) heptathlon champion, has pulled out of next month's world indoor championships because of injury.
Carolina Klüft has again hinted that she might abandon her attempt to defend her Olympic heptathlon title in August in order to concentrate solely on a single event at the Beijing Games.
Sweden's Olympic Committee (SOC) said Tuesday it would allow its athletes competing at the Beijing Games to express themselves freely as long as they respect International Olympic Committee regulations.
Rejoicing in an unprecedented third world heptathlon crown and a long-awaited new personal record, Carolina Klüft says she is not yet ready to abdicate as queen of athletes.
Sweden's Carolina Klüft ran, jumped and flexed her muscles to win a record third straight world heptathlon gold medal Sunday and dismissed talk that she was on the verge of retiring.
Sweden's heptathlon golden girl Carolina Klüft took a solid early lead in her quest for a record third straight title at the World Athletics Championships in the Japanese city of Osaka on Saturday.
Sweden's Olympic and world heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft will be hoping the 2007 world championships are to be the beginning of a perfect end to her reign.
Sweden's Olympic triple jump champion Christian Olsson has pulled out of the world championships in Osaka due to a hamstring injury, the Swedish athletics federation said on Tuesday.
