Malaika Mihambo was injured more severely than expected at the German athletics championships and has to worry about the start of the World Cup in Budapest.
Accordingly, the Olympic champion has one “small muscle fiber tear” contracted in the left thigh, as her trainer Ulrich Knapp said after an MRI scan in Heidelberg. Mihambo now has to go for three weeks “quieter” train, the World Championships in Budapest (19th to 27th August) will start in just over five weeks.
“I hope to be competitive again for the World Cup”, said Mihambo. The 29-year-old is now being treated in a rehabilitation center in Salzburg, “to optimally accompany and train the healing process”said the world champion: “Some movements still hurt, but I hope that these will soon go away with the treatments and the training that is tailored to them and that I can start training again in about 3 weeks.”
Starting in Budapest under all circumstances is out of the question. Mihambo will only compete to defend the title, “if she has a medal chance”, Traienr Knapp said.
Mihambo had recently shown increasing form at the German Championships with a jump to 6.93 meters, but had to abandon her fourth attempt due to pain in her left thigh.