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Double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah has withdrawn from the Jamaican trials due to an Achilles injury and will not defend her 100m and 200m titles at the Paris Games in August. The Jamaican, who will celebrate her 32nd birthday on Friday, is one of the greatest sprinters of all time and was the first woman to win a back-to-back Olympic sprint double when she retained both titles in Tokyo three years ago.
“I got back home with a strong mindset to keep pushing and prepare for my national trials ... but the leg wouldn’t allow me to.” Thompson-Herah was also dogged by an Achilles injury after her astonishing sprint double at the 2016 Rio Olympics and she missed out on medals at the 2017 and 2019 world championships. The three-times Diamond League winner stormed back with her second double at her second Games in Tokyo, also claiming a relay gold to take her tally to five.
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