Rawlinson pulls out of Games

(Thursday 10 July 2008)

Jana Rawlinson has pulled out of the Beijing Olympic Games with a foot injury.

Rawlinson realised her Olympic campaign was over when she could not train due to inflammation in her ‘good’ left foot.

"I made the decision on Monday night. I still went to the track yesterday and still couldn't run in a straight line,” she said.

"I've got to work out when my health comes first because this has just gone past the point of no return and I'm worried that if I don't rehabilitate my body I'm finished, and I love my sport too much to risk permanent injury."

(read the full story at http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/07/09/1215282926802.html)

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