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Mayer To Miss 2025 Decathlon Championships In Tokyo

World decathlon record holder Kevin Mayer has confirmed that he will miss the 2025 season due to a troublesome hamstring injury. The double world champion said the injury had affected him mentally, and physically while expressing regret that he will be unable to defend his title in Tokyo. He said:“It’s my first blank season, the first year that I won’t be wearing the French team colours. “I’ve had some really bad injuries in my career but this i…

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The French decathlonian announced on Wednesday that he would not take part in any competition this year, still embarrassed by the injury to an ischio-jamber who deprived him of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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Absent from the tracks since his injury just before the Paris Olympics, Kevin Mayer will not make his return this season.

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Decade World Recorder Kevin Mayer (33) from France misses the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo due to injury (13 to 21 September).

The decathlonian drômardéchois announced this Wednesday, July 16, that he will not resume the competition this year, because of his serious injury in July 2024. The latter had already deprived him of the Paris Olympic Games. "The goal is to heal," says Kevin Mayer.

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L'ÉQUIPE broke the news in Boulogne-Billancourt, France on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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