The Angels. Reigning Olympic 400m champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo is not going to defend her title on the Paris Olympics after struggling an harm, Bahamas athletics authorities stated.
Miller-Uibo, a 400m gold medallist in 2016 and 2020, was aiming to finish her triple Olympic title in Paris and was trying to qualify for the Bahamas occasions.
Nonetheless, the 30-year-old athlete was injured earlier than the 400-meter closing.
“She is the darling of the game and shall be missed,” stated Drumeco Archer, president of the Bahamas Affiliation of Athletic Associations (BAAA).
Archer stated the athlete may nonetheless compete in Paris as a part of the Bahamas relay group, if her restoration happens earlier than the beginning of the Video games (July 26).
Miller-Uibo’s absence from the 400m in Paris makes her the most recent Olympic monitor champion to be sidelined in Paris.
Jamaica’s reigning 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was dominated out of the Video games by harm this week, whereas 800m champion Athing Mu crashed in the course of the US trials in Eugene and did not qualify.
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– 2024-07-05 05:41:34
