(Reuters) – Three-times Olympic hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk stated she’s going to bear surgical procedure after being injured while apprehending a thief who attempted to interrupt into her automotive.
Poland’s Wlodarczyk, who turned the primary lady to win a person Olympic athletics occasion thrice in a row in Tokyo final 12 months, stated the thief was a “foreigner.”
“I single-handedly apprehended the thief and handed him over to the police,” Wlodarczyk wrote in a submit on Instagram on Friday, together with an image of her automotive, which had scuff marks on it.
“Unfortunately I paid for it with a muscle damage. Injury recognized. Surgery on Monday.
“Thank you (Polish police) on your fast intervention. After my profession I believe I’ll battle in MMA or UFC like our champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk as a result of the perpetrator acquired harm…”
The 36-year-old shall be seeking to recuperate from the damage earlier than the world championships in Oregon in July, the place she may win her fifth world title.
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
