« on: July 07, 2008, 09:28:41 AM »
If the Olympics are the target for every senior athlete this season, then the World Junior Championships have to be the main target for every young athlete. They are what signals both their progress and potential, the venue from which a number of future stars will undoubtedly emerge.
It is no different for Maltese athletes as a team of three athletes – twin sisters Francesca and Martina Xuereb along with Owen Camilleri – have made the trip to Bydgoszcz in Poland for these championships.
The sight of Francesca and Martina in international competitions has become a fairly regular one. Both tend to be regulars in the Maltese national squad.
They both made history last year at the World Youth Championships becoming the first Maltese athletes to make it through the heats at an international level championship where Francesca went on to finish 8th overall with Martina in 9th place, both in the 400m.
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