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– 2024-04-07 14:22:27″>Yulimar Rojas, world triple jump record holder and one of Latin America’s great hopes for the Paris Games, announced that she will not be able to compete in the Olympic event due to an injury for which she underwent surgery.
“To my Venezuela, to the family of the Olympic and sports Movement, especially to my followers; I want to inform you that I will not be able to participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,” the athlete said on her Instagram account.
“It is with great pain and sadness that I want to tell you that while I was training when I fell on the descent from a jump, I had intense pain that was diagnosed as an injury to the left Achilles tendon. My heart is broken and I feel so sad that I want to apologize for not to be able to represent them in Paris 2024,” he indicated.
Rojas won the gold medal in the event at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is a four-time world champion in the specialty, as well as a three-time global champion in indoor competitions. She also won three Diamond League titles. Her planetary mark is 15.74 meters, obtained at the 2022 Indoor World Cup.
“Today I feel very emotionally affected by not being able to represent them, the desire to defend my Olympic title excited me enormously but today I have to stop, understand this, recover and come back with great strength to continue flying together,” she added. “See you soon, with the same dreams and desires,” she said goodbye.