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Usain Bolt suffers injury at charity game

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated Jun 10, 2024 4:11 PM ET

Track-and-field icon Usain Bolt suffered an injury over the weekend.

Bolt revealed in a post to Instagram on Sunday that he ruptured his Achilles tendon while participating in Soccer Aid, an annual soccer match held for charity at Wembley Stadium in London. As he had done in years prior, the sprinting legend was playing as a striker for the World XI against the England XI.

Bolt assisted on a goal by teammate Alessandro Del Piero in the first half but then went down in the second half with an injury and had to be stretchered off the pitch.

Usain Bolt is STRETCHERED OFF at Soccer Aid pic.twitter.com/M9JlIBLN2Z

— Mail Sport (@MailSport) June 9, 2024

On Sunday night, Bolt shared a photo of himself with crutches and a walking boot, revealing that he had torn his right Achilles.

“Ruptured Achilles but done know we a warrior,” Bolt wrote in his caption.

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Bolt, who will turn 38 in August, is widely seen as the greatest sprinter ever. He has won eight Olympic gold medals and still holds the world records for fastest 100m time (9.58 seconds), fastest 200m time (19.30 seconds) and fastest 4x100m time (36.84 seconds with the Jamaican team).

The good news for Bolt is that he does not compete professionally any more, having retired after the 2017 World Championships. But a ruptured Achilles is still a significant injury that will take Bolt some time to recover from in his day-to-day life. It also comes just a day after a still-active professional sports star suffered an injury scare of his own in a charity game.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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