Jeremy Wariner to miss worlds with foot injury

Former Olympic and world 400 metres champion Jeremy Wariner will miss this month's world championships with a foot injury, his agent said on Tuesday.

Wariner, a three-time 400 metres global champion and a key player in the United States' Olympic and world 4x400 metres relay victories, tore a ligament in the second toe of his left foot while training in July, his agent Deon Minor told Reuters.

"Jeremy said he felt a pop while he was training," Minor said in a telephone interview. "Then it was like he could not even work out."

The injury will not require surgery, but recovery time of eight to 12 weeks will be needed, Minor said.

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