A shock injury to five-time Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah looks set to blow the biggest track events wide open at Paris 2024.
The 100m and 200m gold medallist at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, Thompson-Herah was hurt during a 100m race at the NYC Grand Prix less than 50 days before the Olympics.
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The Jamaican finished in last place in 11.48 seconds and immediately removed her right shoe before going to ground.
Thompson-Herah was carried off the track by two helpers.
“I felt something uncomfortable as I began to push. I still tried to go but it got worse,” she wrote on Instagram about an hour after the race.
“I am awaiting professional advice moving forward.”
The 31-year-old has previously battled Achilles problems and there are fears a similar injury has returned.
She was pictured with ice on the top of her foot.
Thompson-Herah became the first woman to win back-to-back Olympic sprint doubles when she doubled up in Tokyo three years ago.
She has been hoping to join fellow Jamaican Usain Bolt as only the second person to do it three times.
But the veteran has been under a cloud even heading towards Jamaica’s national trials later this month, let alone Paris 2024.
Thompson-Herah split with her coach late last year and finished last in her season opener last month at the Prefontaine Classic.