Injured Adam Gemili pulls out of Commonwealth Games 100m final just hours before start
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Injury forced Adam Gemili to withdraw from today’s 100metres final just hours before he was set to take the start line.
The 24-year-old suffered an adductor injury - thought to be a slight tear - in finishing second in his semi-final behind Jamaica’s Yohan Blake.
Gemili had been hopeful of racing in this lunchtime’s final but had a change of heart this morning because he feared exacerbating the problem.
“I’m hugely gutted to announce I have had to withdraw from the 100m final due to an injury sustained during the semi-final,” he said in a statement on social media. “I am so proud to represent Team England and it’s devastating not to have the chance to compete tonight but the doctors have said I am unable to take part.
“I want to thank everyone for their kind messages of support and love. I look forward to cheering on the rest of the team and getting back to competing shortly.”
Gemili had been among the favourites for the race in what could have been a first individual global title in the senior ranks. It left England without a finalist in athletics’ blue-riband event just eight months after an English quartet, of which he was part, clinched 4x100m relay gold at the World Championships in London.
Gemili was joined on the sidelines by Dai Greene, whose dire luck with injuries since winning the 400m hurdles world title in 2011 continued.
The Wales hurdler tore a hamstring in training and said: “I’m very disappointed to miss out on what would have been my fourth Commonwealth Games. It’s been an emotional 18 months and this is hard to take at such a late stage. I’m devastated that it’s happened.”
There was better news for Greene’s training partner Andrew Pozzi, who marked himself down among the favourites for tomorrow’s 110m hurdles final in winning his semi-final in 13.26sec.
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Just weeks after winning gold at the World Indoor Championships over 60m, the Englishman said: “I wasn’t sure how I would do over the 110m hurdles as it is so early [in the season] but I’m in great shape from the indoors.”
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