World indoor champion Molly Caudery is out for the season and will miss the Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships.
The British pole-vaulter announced the news on Instagram due to a back injury that required and urgent procedure.
She told followers: “And just like that, my season is over 💔absolutely heartbroken to even be writing this, missing out on yet another year of major champs & home games for context I had a back flare up last week that got worse quickly and immediate surgical intervention was needed to prevent any further damage🫠
“The surgery was a success & my road to recovery starts today!! Really thought 2026 was going to be my year after heartbreak in Paris & Tokyo & everything in between but just wanted to add another chapter in the autobiography before the comeback lol”
Caudery won bronze at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships, but failed to register a height at the Paris Olympics and then was injured in the warm up at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, when she was heavily-favoured to win a medal on both occasions.