Paris 2024 Olympics: Team Sevens GB captain Abbie Brown misses Games with hamstring injury - ‘Truly devastated’
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Published 21/06/2024 at 11:22 GMT
There was gut-wrenching news for Abbie Brown, who will not be taking part in this summer's Olympic Games at Paris 2024. Brown would have been hoping to avenge her near-misses at both Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, where she was part of the team that finished fourth. Brown also represents England on the international stage, and has enjoyed a prominent career in the shorter rugby format.
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Team GB sevens women’s captain Abbie Brown will miss the Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to a hamstring injury.
The 28-year-old was inconsolable after missing out on the opportunity to compete in the French capital, and will not have a chance to avenge her fourth-place finishes at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 respectively.
Had Brown been included, she would have ranked alongside Jasmine Joyce as being one of only two British rugby players to appear at three Olympic Games.
She said on social media: "One of the most emotional and hardest two weeks of my career.
"Heartbroken, gutted and truly devastated, but this is sport and it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
"Hamstring is now attached, and I can’t wait to be the best cheerleader there is for my girls this summer."
The women’s rugby sevens Olympics tournament begins on July 28, while the men need to secure qualification by winning the Olympic repechage tournament which takes place in Monaco this weekend.
Despite an Olympic success currently eluding her, Brown has a 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medal and co-captained Great Britain alongside Megan Jones at the 2022 tournament in Birmingham.
She represents England and made her sevens debut against Wales during the 2015 Six Nations, before starting to play international sevens rugby in the Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series.
Brown enhanced her pedigree in the shorter format of the sport by an impressive 2015/16 debut campaign, when she scored seven tries.
She was then named England captain for the 2017-18 World Sevens Series and at the 2018 Sevens World Cup.
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