Venezuelan triple jump legend Yulimar Rojas announces his withdrawal from the Games

Reigning Olympic champion and triple jump world record holder, Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas announced on Friday April 12 her withdrawal from the 2024 Olympic Games, of which she was the arch-favorite, due to an Achilles tendon injury LEFT.” I will not be able to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It is with great pain and sadness that I want to tell you » that upon landing a jump, “ I had severe pain, diagnosed as a left Achilles tendon injury. My heart is broken “, she wrote in a message on Instagram.

Published on: 04/12/2024 – 6:13 p.m.

Venezuelan Yulimar Rojas, Olympic triple jump champion, celebrates her world record set in Tokyo on August 1, 2021. AP – David J. Phillip

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