British lengthy jumper Jazmin Sawyers will miss this summer time’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 received her first main lengthy soar title on the European Indoor Championships in 2023.
“It is dangerous, however I’m looking forward to rehab, restoration and the longer term,” Sawyers mentioned.
“Clearly I am devastated. I actually thought this was going to be my 12 months.”
The Olympics will happen from 26 July to 11 August.
Sawyers was not thought-about as a Crew GB medal hope for Paris 2024, having did not qualify for the lengthy soar closing ultimately summer time’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 received silver on the 2016 European Championships, whereas she claimed bronze in the identical occasion six years later.
