British lengthy jumper Jazmin Sawyers will miss this summer season’s Paris Olympics due to a ruptured Achilles.
The 29-year-old confirmed on Instagram on Thursday she had undergone a profitable operation on her take-off leg.
Sawyers gained her first main lengthy leap title on the European Indoor Championships in 2023.
“It is dangerous, however I’m waiting for rehab, restoration and the longer term,” Sawyers stated.
“Clearly I am devastated. I actually thought this was going to be my yr.”
The Olympics will happen from 26 July to 11 August.
Sawyers was not thought-about as a Workforce GB medal hope for Paris 2024, having didn’t qualify for the lengthy leap closing ultimately summer season’s World Athletics Championships.
She competed at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, ending eighth on each events.
A Commonwealth Video games silver medallist in 2014, Sawyers additionally gained silver on the 2016 European Championships, whereas she claimed bronze in the identical occasion six years later.