Andre De Grasse, Piers Lepage and others withdraw from Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games, scheduled to take place from July 28th to August 8th in Birmingham, England, will miss prominent Canadian athletes. Andre de grasse, Jerome Break When Aaron brownEveryone 4x100m team that won the gold medal I’m at home at the World Athletics Championships last week. Piers Lepage, Those who won the silver medal in the decathlon on Sunday also decided to withdraw from the competition.

Athletics Canada On Tuesday morning, he issued a statement about the athlete’s decision. “These athletes hosted a challenging world championship in hot climatic conditions. Unfortunately, they must withdraw from the 2022 Commonwealth Games to properly recover and prepare for the rest of the season.”

Two of Canada’s other World Championship medalists, Kamurin Rogers (With a person who won a silver medal by throwing a hammer) Brendon RodneyThe fourth member of the 4x100m relay team will continue to compete with the other 28 athletics. Decathlon of the Canadian Olympic Champion, Damian Warner, After injuring his hamstring, he had to withdraw from his event at the World Championships. He never goes to Birmingham again.

The Commonwealth Games athletics event begins on July 30th at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham and ends on Sunday, August 7th with a 4x400m relay for girls and boys. You can see a complete list of players from the 2022 Canadian team. here..

Full competition live coverage will be available at CBC.