“With a lot of pain and sadness, I would like to inform you that during training I felt severe pain after taking a jump and as a result I injured my left Achilles tendon. I am also heartbroken and hope to see you again in 2024. I would like to apologize for not being able to participate as a representative at the Paris Games. she began a statement she shared on social media.
When you think about undisputed figures, great athletes, and charismatic figures in the Olympic movement, you can't help but think of: Yulimar Rojas. Anyone who has watched her compete knows that she has guaranteed shows, undisputed medals, and immense inspiration.
That's why her absence from the upcoming Olympic Games is a huge blow to athletics, sports in general, Venezuela and Olympic fans. And that blow to her happened to her Achilles tendon, which is probably one of the worst injuries an athlete can suffer.
To put things into context, Rojas is a seven-time world champion, a brand-new Olympic champion at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, and a record-setting woman. In other words, she is derived from the 2023 World Champion, a title also won at the 2022 Eugene World Championships, in 2019 in Doha, and in 2017 in London. She also set a world record of 15.74 meters at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in Belgrade. Also includes 2018 Birmingham and her 2016 Portland.
Of course, we will never forget her highest award – the Olympic title she won at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. In reality, the woman, who was born in Caracas, Venezuela, 28 years ago, has won every international competition she has participated in since 2016, except for one, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Anyway, don't be fooled…her “defeat” in Rio was actually winning the silver medal. Therefore, we can say that the great thing about this person is that she has not stepped off the podium for almost 10 years. A record that few athletes can hold.
“I am unable to represent you today and am deeply devastated.”The desire to defend my Olympic title excited me a lot. But today I have to stopplease understand this, recover, and come back with great strength to continue flying together,” her statement continues.
Now all I have to do is wait for her to come back. The next step is to focus on recovery. She underwent successful surgery in Madrid, Spain last Thursday and is gradually resuming training and preparing her for her return to competition.
Perhaps she still has some momentum left and will return to the stadium where she became an Olympic champion at the next World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in 2025. For now, when it comes to Olympism, we'll have to do that. Wait until Los Angeles in 2028 to witness a new show by the great Yurimar.
