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Luo vows to fight on until 2008
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-15 10:37
Olympic champion swimmer Luo Xuejuan said on Tuesday that she will fight on
until the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Luo Xuejuan takes a
long breath after she won the women's 100m breaststroke gold medal in
the Athens Olympics. Olympic champion swimmer Luo Xuejuan said she will
fight on untill the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
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The 20-year-old Luo, who
won the women's 100m breaststroke goldmedal in the Athens Olympics, said she
will not think of retirement before the 2008 Olympics.
"Do you think it's logical for me to retire when I am still in my prime?"
said Luo in the Chinese national championships in Tangshan, Hebei Province when
asked whether retirement has crossedher mind.
Luo, who also won the 100m breaststroke in last year's world championships in
Barcelona, added: "I think the nation needs me tocompete in the 2008 Olympic
Games. I will try my best at that time."
"What is my next goal now? Maybe I should start thinking about defending my
titles at next year's worlds," she said.
The 11th World Championships was scheduled to be held next Julyin Montreal,
Canada.
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