US EditionTriple Olympic Champion Thiam Out of Tokyo Heptathlon
Nafi Thiam withdrew after underperforming in the long jump and amid a dispute over image rights with the Belgian athletics federation, disrupting her preparation for the championships.
- Nafi Thiam, Belgium's 31-year-old triple Olympic heptathlon champion, withdrew from the event at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
- Her withdrawal followed a disrupted preparation after a dispute with the Belgian athletics federation over image rights and exclusion from the pre-championships training camp, which the federation denied.
- Thiam failed to surpass six metres in the long jump on Saturday morning, placing 11th with 5.99m and standing eighth overall, 377 points behind the leader Anna Hall.
- After the session, Thiam acknowledged the difficulty of measuring the impact of the dispute and emphasized that, no matter the underlying reasons, her feelings about the situation have not changed.
- Thiam admitted struggling throughout the competition and intended to persevere, but recognized this championship as a "real black cloud," and her coach confirmed that continuing made no sense.
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Nafi Thiam's withdrawal from the World Championships in Tokyo is still resonating. Nafi Thiam's mother has also reacted on social media. "For ten years, Nafi sang the national anthem all over the world, but that clearly wasn't enough."
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Triple Olympic champion Thiam out of Tokyo heptathlon
TOKYO :Belgium's triple Olympic champion Nafi Thiam pulled out of the heptathlon at the world championships on Saturday after an underwhelming long jump left her with almost no chance of a medal. The 31-year-old, who won world titles in 2017 and 2022, failed to get over the six-metre mark with her two legal
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