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News14 Jan 2000


World champion Montalvo to seek European indoor title

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World champion Montalvo to seek European indoor title
Reuters

13 January 2000 - Madrid - Cuban-born Niurka Montalvo, who became an instant heroine in her adopted Spain last year when she won the long jump at the Seville World Championships, is to seek the European indoor title next month.

Montalvo, 31, who gained Spanish citizenship in May last year, said she had set her sights on the European title at the indoor championships starting in the Belgian city of Ghent on February 25.

"It won't be easy but I'm going to Ghent to get another gold medal," she said.

Montalvo married a Spaniard in February 1998 and lives in La Linea, near Cadiz, but is spending 10 weeks leading up to the European indoor championships training in the Spanish capital.

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