Katerina Johnson-Thompson has withdrawn from the European Athletics Heptathlon. Katerina had competed effectively within the 100m hurdles and excessive bounce after which faltered within the shot put. Simply earlier than the 200 meters, KJT withdrew, and Stuart Weir despatched us the next official replace from European Athletics.
Katerina Johnson-Thompson is the present World Champion (she received gold in Doha 2019 and Budapest 2023), two golds at European Indoors (Prague 2015 and Glasgow 2019-pentathlon), Gold and Silver at World Indoors (pentathlon), gold in 2018 Birmingham, silver in 2014 Sopot, plus two golds in Commonwealth Video games (2018 and 2022). She has not received an Olympic medal, which is her focus in 2024.
We want her a fast restoration from what was described as a minor niggle.
Budapest, Hungary
August 19-27, 2023, photograph by Kevin Morris
Replace Day 1 – Ladies’s Heptathlon: Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is withdrawing from the rest of the heptathlon.
Coach Aston Moore commented:
“Kat has developed a small niggle in her proper leg, and in gentle of the proximity of the Olympic Video games, now we have chosen to financial institution what now we have discovered from this primary day of competitors and withdraw from the heptathlon.
“We don’t wish to danger dropping any time from coaching, which might consequence if she have been to proceed competing with it for an additional day. We want all the opposite opponents effectively for the remainder of the competitors.”
