Jamaica's two-time Olympic women's 100m and 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her titles at next month's Paris Games after failing to recover from an Achilles injury, the sprint star said on Wednesday.Thompson-Herah had already abandoned her bid to defend her 200m crown in Paris after opting not to take part in the 200m at this week's Jamaica trials in Kingston.
Ironman is setting up in Bolton town centre ahead of the event this weekend.
Keely Hodgkinson has received a huge boost to her Olympic gold medal hopes after Athing Mu, the reigning 800m champion, crashed out of the Paris Games following a dramatic fall in the US trials.