Samuels out of world championships

World number 14 ranked triathlete Nicky Samuels received news of the worst kind this morning regarding her ongoing pelvic problem. The Whangarei athlete has a stress fracture and is out of the World Championships and all racing and training for the next 8 weeks.

Obviously the 25 year old is gutted.

“I have just received news of my pelvis problem. Nothing was helping the pain and so we got a bone scan done here in Canada. It is conclusive that I have a stress fracture in my pelvis and have been advised to have 8 weeks off. That's not walking, not standing, not running, not cycling and swimming only if pain free, which it is not. So this is bad news, very bad news, but it is done, nothing I can do about it.

“With racing and training it looks like I can start back mid to the end of July and perhaps head back to France in late August to race the Parthenay triathlon, the last two Grand Prix races and last two ITU races but this is all up in the air at the moment and eight weeks off is going to be hard to come back from....but with me, not impossible!”

Tri NZ High Performance Manager Stephen Farrell is disappointed for Samuels with the injury coming at the worst time of the year.

“This was Nicky’s big focus, to race well at the World Championships so it is desperately bad news for her. She has been trying for some time to get to the bottom of the pain and discomfort so if there is a silver lining it is that she at last knows what has been hampering her. With rest and rehab she will recover and come back stronger than ever, for now though there will be only disappointment, something we will help her through as best we can.”