Great Britain's Triathlon World Champion Alistair Brownlee has suffered an Achilles tear just six months before the 2012 London Olympics.
The 23-year-old Brit is scheduled to race next at the San Diego World Triathlon Series in May.
"If I can get this boot off quite quickly and get training, I can get myself fit in time [for the Olympics]," Brownlee said in a recent interview.
According to BBC Sports:
"Malcolm Brown, one of Brownlee's personal coaches and British Triathlon's Olympic performance group manager, said: "Alistair has a small tear in his left Achilles tendon and is wearing an air cast as a precaution.
He is swimming every day, and will train on a static bike today. He has been doing some light running, but now that he's wearing the cast, we will allow the Achilles to repair before resuming light running again, hopefully within the next 10 days."
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