MUNICH: World decathlon champion Kevin Mayer’s bid for a first European title came to a shuddering halt as he pulled up in the opening 100m in Munich today.
World record holder Mayer, twice world champion and a two-time Olympic silver medallist, had warned that he would withdraw from the gruelling two-day event should he feel even the slightest pain.
And so it proved as the Frenchman took the foot off the pedal after 70m of the 100m, the first of 10 events at Munich’s Olympic Stadium.
“I did a decathlon three weeks ago,” he said in reference to his world title-winning effort in Eugene, Oregon.
“I pulled up before injury. It’s very hard.”