The double world champion and Olympic silver medalist retires from Big Hypomeo this weekend in Austria
Katarina Johnson-Thompson retired from the Götzis Hypoming this weekend in Austria due to a minor injury.
“I am really destroyed to share, I have received an injury in training this week, so he won to compete in Götzis over the weekend,” he said.
“I really wanted to compete in my first heptatlon from Paris, especially in Götzis, since the event is so special, that it is with a heavy heart that I had to make this decision. Many times the injury is a love shower is a drawer track.”
She added: “Good luck to all the athletes competing in Gotzis, they will undoubtedly organize another great weekend of combined events for all fans who will be there!”
Despite this, there are still strong fields for the 50th anniversary of the famous hypomeeting.
British combined events athletes in Action include Abi Pawlett in heptatlon, while Lewis Church, Sammy Ball and Jack Turner are in the decathlon in an event that is broadcast live by Eurovision Sport.
Johnson-Thompson would face Anna Hall, the American who won impressive here in 2023 before undergoing knee surgery in the period prior to the Olympic Games in Paris, where she finished fifth.
Other heptatlon contenders in Götzis include Xénia Krizsán or Hungary, the winner of Götzis 2021, in addition to Adrianna Sulek-Schubert, Annik Kalin or Switzerland and Sofie Doctor of the Paethlands.
Damian Warner leads Decathlon and is looking for an incredible ninth victory in Götzis. Now 35 years old, he could not clarify a height in the pole jump at the Olympic Games last year, but will wait better this weekend while facing the world champion and Pierce Lapage Canadian’s partner.
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Be attentive to Sander Skotheim, the Norwegian who won European and world interior titles earlier this year.
The Olympic champion Markus rooth, also or Norway, will not be in Götzis, but the Paris silver and bronze medalists last year, Leo Neugebauer of Germany and the victory of Lindon de Granada, will compete.
Additional contestants include the 2019 world champion Kaul Niklas in Germany and the world’s inner gold medalist Simon Ehammer or Switzerland.
The event is broadcast live through Eurovision Sport here.
