Athlete Elaine Thompson-Herah will not play Friday in the second Diamond League game of the season. The five-time Olympic athletics champion withdrew from the competition in Birmingham on Thursday.
“The decision not to come to Birmingham was taken as a precaution after she experienced some physical discomfort during training,” the Diamond League organization wrote on its website.
Thompson-Herah hopes to be back in action in competitions in the near future. In April she set the best time of this year in the 100 meters for women. She came in 10.89 seconds in a Continental Cup competition in Walnut in the United States. Thompson-Herah ran in the semifinals that time. The athlete did not participate in the final without giving any reason.
Gold medals
The sprinter from Jamaica grabbed three gold medals during the Tokyo Olympics last summer: in the 100 meters, 200 meters and in the 4×100 meter relay. Four years earlier, in Rio de Janeiro, she also won the 100 and 200 meters. She also took silver in the 4×100 meter relay.
At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, she finished in the 200 meters behind world champion Dafne Schippers.