Five-time Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah will miss Paris 2024 with an Achilles injury, she announced on social media.
The Jamaican sprinter, who is the two-time defending Olympic champion in both the 100m and 200m races, said scans showed she had suffered a “small tear on my Achilles tendon” after competing at the New York Grand Prix earlier this month and, as a result, she will not be attending next month’s Games. “It’s a long road but I am willing to start over and keep working and to make full recovery and resume my track career,” the 31-year-old wrote.
After a few years of injury worries, Thompson-Herah returned to the global stage at the Tokyo Games in 2021 where she retained her two gold medals – setting a new Olympic record of 10.61 seconds in the 100m – as well as winning gold in the 4x100m relay with Jamaica. However, she has struggled once again with injuries this season. Thompson-Herah – who turns 32 on Friday – finished last in the Prefontaine Classic last month with a time of 11.
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