The Tokyo Olympics silver medallist has withdrawn because of injury. 😔 But her world champion Australian teammate is set to shoot for gold. 🥇 9WWOS CommonwealthGames
Among the Australians set to shoot for gold today is high jumper Eleanor Patterson, the reining world champion.
Patterson, who won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as a teenager, attacked the Birmingham Games with a head of steam following her gold-medal breakthrough at last month's World Athletics Championships in Eugene. Patterson won't be joined in the field by compatriot Nicola Olyslagers, who withdrew because of a torn calf.
"It's both disappointing and devastating not to be able to compete in the women's high jump final," Olyslagers, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics, said in a statement. "What was thought to be a tight calf after my qualifying round turned out to be a torn muscle in my jumping leg."Winning bronze at the Commonwealth Games four years ago allowed my professional career as a high jumper to begin. It was a competition that changed the trajectory of my life."Let's go cheer Eleanor on as she jumps for Australia so well out there."
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