Rens Blom pulls out of European Championships

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Blom misses Euro champs
Posted on 24 July 2006 - 16:21
Reigning world champion Rens Blom of the Netherlands has pulled out of the pole vault competition at next month's European championships because of poor form.
Blom, who claimed a shock win at the world event in Helsinki a year ago, said he would take up competition again in Zurich on August 18, a few days after the championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, from August 7 to 13.

He told his internet site on Monday: "The European championships have come around too early for me and I don't have the necessary form to compete at my best."