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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 |
Welsh triathlete Helen Tucker forced to withdraw from British team
Welsh triathlete Helen Tucker has been forced to pull out of the British team for this weekend's World Triathlon Championship in Lausanne, Switzerland because she has not recovered from an Achilles problem.
Helen Tucker, 21,was a medal favourite in the Under-23 event and disappointedly she said, "It's really disappointing to have to pull out of the Worlds."
And Helen Tucker added, "If I'd really pushed it over the past few weeks I might have been racing, but in the long term it probably wouldn't have been the best thing to do."
Helen Tucker is the British champion after winning the title at Royal Windsor in June and she is also tipped as one of Britain's real medal hopes at the 2008 Olympic Games in China.
"Next year some of our races might be Olympic selection races so it's important for me to completely repair myself," Helen Tucker said.
"It's going to be hard if I'm injured at the end of this year and it's ongoing, so my coaches and I have decided to have a break now and hopefully everything will sort itself out," Helen Tucker added.
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