2024-08-01 15:23:59
French athletics icon Kevin Mayer has withdrawn from the decathlon at the Paris Olympics. A hamstring injury a few weeks ago denied him any chance of defending himself on the track at the Stade de France.
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The double Olympic silver medalist’s dream was over. Frenchman Kevin Mayer, who injured his thigh less than a month ago, announced Thursday that he will not compete in Friday’s Olympic decathlon at the Stade de France 1yes French delegation in August.
“Kevin Mayer will not compete in the decathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics,” the French delegation wrote. Kevin Mayer (32) suffered a torn hamstring tendon on Thursday After testing himself on the track at the Stade de France in the morning, he had to decide whether to race.
The double world champion (2017 and 2022) lamented on social networks: “Unfortunately, the tests are not conclusive and they do not give any hope of competing tomorrow (Friday).”
Mayer’s performance at the start of the 100m hurdles (the first event in the decathlon) was affected by his performance at the start of the 110m hurdles on the track at the Stade Charity at the meeting in Paris on 7 July. Fell down in the middle.
The two-time Olympic silver medalist (2016 and 2021), after briefly mentioning a “significant left hamstring injury,” made it clear the day before that he had suffered a “95 percent tendon tear.”
He, who has held the world record in the event since 2018 with 9,126 points, estimated at a news conference Tuesday that he had a 10 percent chance of competing in the 100 meters, which will be the Olympic decathlon at 10:05 a.m. Friday. The opening of the game.
“It is a law of sport that I will not compete in the decathlon,” the French champion wrote on Instagram.
AFP and Reuters
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