The athlete Auriol Dongmo will be out of competition for the next few months due to an injury in training that forced her to undergo surgery, the Portuguese agency confirmed to several close sources.
Auriol Dongmo, 33, was injured during training during the week and underwent surgery on Thursday.
According to the newspaper Récord, the Portuguese-Cameroonian shot putter suffered “a broken leg” and is already recovering from the operation she underwent since then.
The interruption period could prevent the Sporting athlete from participating in the World Indoor Championships, scheduled for early March, in Glasgow, England, and in the European Championships, which will take place between June 7 and 12, in the Olympic stadium in Rome. , in Italy.
Auriol Dongmo has already reached the qualification mark for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games required by World Athletics, but his eventual presence will only be confirmed on June 30, 2024, since in athletics 50% of the places are assigned by ranking and the rest are busy. by athletes with minimums.
The shot putter, world indoor champion last year, renewed her European indoor shot put title last March, and in June she won the gold medal in shot put at the European Games in Krakow 2023 .
Source: TSF
